A Quebec real estate development firm is leaning into a segment of the market that it says is proving more reliable than new apartment towers: mid-market rental housing.
Virtus Diversified REIT has bolstered its foothold in Sudbury with the acquisition of a 23-unit, low-rise multiplex in the city’s amenity-rich downtown.
A report on Canada’s rental housing market for college and university students shows many tenants can only afford to live in relatively crowded conditions in a property type that's undersupplied.
The Vancouver City Council approved a project to build an apartment tower near Langara College as part of British Columbia's plan to encourage high-density residential development to ease the region's housing shortage.
Peakhill Capital has launched a new private real estate investment trust to acquire and manage apartment buildings, initially targeting stabilized and properties poised for upgrades across the Greater Toronto Area, Southwestern Ontario and peripheral markets.
Several of Brivia Group's flagship downtown Montreal residential projects entered into receivership after their lenders asked the Superior Court of Quebec to approve a restructuring that would enable construction and sales efforts to continue.
Builders finished the year with shovels in the ground after a quiet autumn, as a 5.6% increase in housing starts pushed the 2025 total to 259,028 across the country.
Hannah Group, a Toronto-based property and asset management firm that operates a portfolio of apartments and other rental properties on behalf of clients, expanded its portfolio with the year-end purchase of a four-story multifamily property at 400 Avenue Road in Toronto.
Canada’s housing market is entering a structural transition in which near‑term conditions in major urban centers increasingly favour renting over buying. One consequence of these dynamics may be that more first-time buyers consider homeownership options outside urban centres.
In October 2026, Quebeckers will be headed to the polls to elect a new provincial government. Recent voter surveys have consistently placed the nationalist Parti Québécois, or PQ, as the likely winning party, projected to win an outright majority of seats with implications for sovereignity.
Institutional investors are pouring money into the country's student housing in a bet that the Canadian government’s decision to cap international students won't disrupt demand.
Groupe HD and Société Financière Bourgie are moving forward with a 175‑unit purpose‑built rental apartment project, marking another investment in Montreal’s West Island, where construction activity is limited.
One of Montreal’s newest construction firms has found itself so busy that it says it's turning down business as it works to finish a slate of projects across the city.