When CoStar surveyed real estate professionals at its annual outlook webinar to uncover their expectations for Canadian real estate in 2026, opinions varied considerably, probably reflecting the ...
The Bank of Canada decision to hold its policy rate steady at 2.25%, fully in line with market expectations, follows cuts during the past two meetings — but forward guidance from the central bank ...
Policy choices over the last decade, combined with recent uncertainty resulting from the U.S. trade war, have hindered Canada’s economy. In fact, over the most recent decade, Canadians' standard of ...
CoStar recently revised its property-level forecasts for Canada. Although a general recovery was expected for most property types by 2026, the recovery has been pushed back due to the lack of ...
Canada’s headline inflation rate once again came in ahead of expectations in September, increasing to 2.4% from 1.9% the month before. Meanwhile, the Bank of Canada’s preferred measure of inflation, ...
It's October, and sports fans are focusing on baseball's World Series. This year, the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers face the Toronto Blue Jays in the fall classic.
While both Canada and the U.S. are contending with the elevated availability of big-box industrial warehouses catering to the logistics sector amid a cyclical slowdown in their economies and a trade ...
Canada’s population increased by just 0.1% during the second quarter of 2025, marking the lowest growth rate for a second quarter since 1946, except immediately after the pandemic under border ...
The Bank of Canada cut its key overnight lending rate by a quarter percentage point on Wednesday to 2.50%, the first cut by the central bank in six months and in line with widespread investor ...
The U.S. trade war left an undeniable mark on the Canadian economy in the second quarter. Overall economic growth declined, while job losses continued to pile up.
The trade war with the United States is continuing to threaten Canada’s economy and job market. In August, 66,000 jobs were lost across the country, adding to the 41,000 jobs lost the month before. ...
Canada’s residential housing market is continuing to experience significant pricing adjustments. According to various sources, overall prices are down, on average, 10% to 15% compared to their peak ...
Canada has historically had one of the highest homeownership rates in the world. But shifting economic and demographic forces are quickly altering this longstanding benchmark.
Much to the dismay of the real estate industry, the Bank of Canada is likely to extend its policy of holding interest rates steady following June’s core inflation readings.
Canada’s headline Consumer Price Index inflation came in at 1.7% on an annualized basis in May, maintaining the pace from April and in line with expectations for a 1.7% year-over-year print.
In 2022, amid a material acceleration in population growth, near record-low interest rates, and double-digit increases in home prices, it appeared that Canada was in the midst of a major housing ...
Canada’s economy grew faster than expected in the first quarter, expanding at a healthy clip with 2.2% annualized quarterly growth. Looking past the headline figure, the economic growth was entirely ...
Although falling gas prices in April helped to lower Canada’s headline inflation rate below 2%, this masked an acceleration in underlying inflation pressure evident in the core inflation rate.