Ontario’s structural wood industry has the capacity to manufacture thousands of additional housing units annually, but it can't ramp up production without industry-wide initiatives to address the high costs of development and ownership.

Canada proudly welcomes hundreds of thousands of immigrants each year. We recognize their immense contributions as workers, entrepreneurs and taxpayers.  New homebuyers, however, are not seen as assets in our communities; they are treated as liabilities by municipal governments.

Alternative lender and mortgage investment manager Alta West Mortgage Capital Corporation has acquired residential mortgage financier Premiere Home Mortgage Ltd., a move intended to expand market reach and enhance capabilities.

Markham, Ont.-based real estate companies Bay Street Group Inc. and RIFO Realty Group Inc. have announced a merger to form a technology-focused real estate platform.

ReMax Canada forecasts a move to a buyer’s market in Ontario and British Columbia, as Atlantic Canada and the Prairies shift to a seller’s market, the real estate franchiser said in its 2025 Fall Housing Market Update.

A factory in Kirkland Lake in Northern Ontario being developed to churn out prefabricated housing components will not only to address the need for attainable shelter, but empower Indigenous women and communities.

For Canadians who dream of owning a home but need guidance in overcoming the hurdles, Montreal-based Application Homie Inc. has developed an app-based coaching service it believes will help aspiring buyers cross the finish line.

In Canada's increasingly competitive prefab housing industry, Ottawa-based EkoBuilt believes it stands out due to its emphasis on energy-efficient, affordable envelopes that can be delivered anywhere in the country or the U.S.

Younger Canadians are feeling significantly more pressure to own a home than the generations that preceded them. According to a Wahi survey, the pressure millennials and Gen Z are facing, in many cases, rivals expectations around marriage and parenthood. 

Traditional lenders saw a minor increase in mortgage activity in 2024 as the number of mortgages from private lenders ticked downward, new data from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (FSRA) shows.

Discussion around Canada’s housing situation focused on the largest – and most unhealthy – markets could have a chilling effect on bustling activity in many other centres, warns Coldwell Banker Canada CEO Karim Kennedy.

Foldable phones are no longer a fantasy but a mainstream device in people’s pockets. If Vancouver-based Rohe Homes Ltd. has its way, we may also see foldable homes in our neighbourhoods.

Equipping communities and developers with the tools and know-how to introduce more middle housing is the mission of Calgary-based mddl, a company that shared second place in the Canadian government’s Housing Supply Challenge.

Plexcon's latest Toronto project transforms a single-family home into a modern 4-unit multiplex, adding much-needed missing middle housing to Toronto. This conversion maximizes rental potential while supporting the city's push for smarter, denser residential development.

Ironwood Manufactured Homes is in the final stages of a major expansion that will boost its production up to fivefold and allow the company to deliver a wide range of new housing types, as well as commercial buildings.

An extended tax rebate and a carve-out in the foreign buyer ban for new homes are among the recommendations a coalition of urban developers suggests for the federal government to address Canada’s housing “crisis."

One pain point for Realtors can be quickly accessing crucial information during a transaction. Royal LePage Benchmark and tech firm Virtuo, both based in Calgary, are partnering to streamline this for Realtors and clients.

It is well known that in Canada, we are facing a shortage of affordable dwellings, whether they be ownership or rental. In addition, much of our rental stock is comprised of homeowners who lease their houses or condominiums for whatever reason.

For the third time in a row, the Bank of Canada (BoC) held the overnight interest rate at 2.75 per cent, a sign of economic stability for prospective homebuyers that may also disappoint developers and the construction sector.

Kerr Village Towns is the first Oakville project for Brightstone Developments, which has designed the community as a "missing middle" product so enticing it will keep locals of all ages and family statuses in the city.

GUEST SUBMISSION: If you pay property tax in Ontario, you have likely heard about the ongoing delay of the province-wide general reassessment. You may think that you are benefiting from this delay, but that is not necessarily true.

After a period of sluggish detached home sales in the Greater Toronto and Greater Vancouver areas, some of the most affordable markets saw sales and prices edge upward in the spring, according to a ReMax Canada report.

GUEST SUBMISSION: If you dropped a framer from 1955 onto one of our job sites, they’d be confused for maybe two minutes. After they figured out the battery nailer, they’d frame walls, level joists and climb scaffolds same as ever.

An increasingly popular idea endorsed by the Canadian government is that prefabricated housing can play a pivotal role in reducing housing costs. But don’t expect factory-built homes to save the day now, says real estate private equity firm Hawkeye Wealth.

Offering a variety of housing, particularly models that accommodate multigenerational families, is helping Madison Group’s MILA in the east end of Toronto navigate a sluggish home sales market, two company executives say.