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Home ownership less affordable in Vancouver, Toronto

Vancouver remains the least affordable city to buy a house in Canada while home ownership in Toronto is becoming more difficult, Royal Bank of Canada Economics Research said. The costs of owning a detached bungalow in Vancouver take up 82.3 per cent of a typical household’s income, up 0...

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Home ownership less affordable in Vancouver, Toronto

Toronto Star Thu May 23 2013 - Calgary Herald

Low rates help keep home affordability stable: report

Globe and Mail Wed May 22 2013

$3-million Westmount condo for sale by CEO

Montreal Gazette Wed May 15 2013

Competition Bureau appealing Toronto Real Estate Board online listings case

Globe and Mail Tue May 14 2013 - REM Online

Former Winnipeg restaurant gives way to condos

Winnipeg Free Press Tue May 14 2013

Toronto condo rents hit record as buyers stay on sidelines

The Toronto Star Tue May 14 2013 - CBC.ca - Wall Street Journal

Flaherty's concerns throw 30-year mortgages in spotlight again

Globe and Mail Mon May 13 2013

Condo project touted as jewel in Winnipeg downtown

Winnipeg Free Press Fri May 10 2013

Timbercreek's Metropolitan facelift an antidote to cookie-cutter condos

Property Biz Canada Thu May 09 2013

Toronto condo market to slow as developers hit credit crisis

Financial Post Wed May 08 2013 - BNN

Better Buildings Breakfast Ottawa

The occupants' experience of green buildings
- For the April 29th Better Buildings Breakfast we are honored to have Dr. Guy Newsham, Prin... Sun Mar 24 2013
To rate or not to rate? An update on BOMA BESt and LEED.
- For the March 7th Better Buildings Breakfast we are honored to have John Smiciklas, Direct... Sat Feb 09 2013
Ecodistricts: A Capital Idea
- For the January 24th, 2012 Better Buildings Breakfast we are honored to have an outstandin... Mon Dec 17 2012
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Property Biz Canada

Oxford investing in France while Ivanhoe plans its departure
- Blake Hutcheson of Oxford Properties Group has high hopes for the company this fiscal year... Thu May 23 2013
Slate Properties buys GE Real Estate Toronto portfolio
- Slate Properties Inc. purchased the Toronto real estate portfolio of GE Capital Real Estat... Thu May 23 2013
Auction the answer for Muskoka time share
- Touchstone On Lake Muskoka, a five-star fractional ownership resort, has hit upon a novel ... Thu May 23 2013
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The Legal Corner

Does Size Really Matter? “Fixtures” (not removable) v. “Trade Fixtures” (removable)
- A 2013 Newfoundland Court of Appeal decision <i>Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corp. v.... Thu May 09 2013
A Landlord’s Duty of Care in a Commercial Lease and the Occupier’s Liability Act: Follow Up
- Is a commercial landlord liable for accidents that occur on its tenant’s premises? I wrot... Thu Apr 25 2013
Stepping back in time - additional rent re-adjustments and a change in the landlord
- Rent reconciliations by landlords are common and many net leases provide for them after a ... Thu Feb 28 2013
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BOMA Canada

BOMA BESt program a priority for Association President in year one
- When Benjamin Shinewald joined BOMA Canada in early 2012 as the association’s new Presiden... Thu Jan 31 2013
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Branding Buildings Better

A Long Farewell - With a Twist
- Flashback to August of 2009, when this column, Branding Buildings Better first made an app... Tue May 08 2012
The art of low-control branding in real estate.
- Absolute control of your real estate brand is now out of your hands. Don't fight it: belie... Mon Apr 16 2012
Why brands are good for homebuyers.
- Regardless of what is going on in the economy, some people will always want a new home. Th... Wed Apr 11 2012
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Value: Weighed and Measured

Death and taxes: Don’t let one force your hand with the other
- It’s that time of year again, to settle accounts with the tax man and consider how a littl... Thu May 23 2013
Caveat emptor: The Romans had it right
- “By the imposition, removal or alteration of land use controls a public authority may dram... Thu May 02 2013
The trouble with brownfields and red ink
- I’ve been working on a file where an old building must be demolished, but the cost of demo... Thu Mar 21 2013
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How High & Why

Victoria's Capital City Centre evolves into a leaner, phased-in vision
- Lean manufacturing principles are being applied to the planning and construction of a $1 b... Tue Apr 17 2012
Property Development Trumps Acquisitions as 2012 Growth Strategy
- Property companies across Canada are expanding their development departments to address bu... Mon Dec 19 2011
Ken Greenburg to Guide Strategic Planning for Ottawa's Downtown Transit Corridor
- Is it better to engage one of the world’s most renown urban planners to review a downtown ... Mon Nov 07 2011
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Property People

Rare Canuck on BOMA International Executive Committee
- There is some Canadian content at the top of BOMA International following the election of ... Mon Aug 20 2012
Karen Barry - Creating the Edge in Commercial Sales
- Karen Barry is renovating a hundred year old property minutes from downtown Calgary - the ... Mon May 07 2012
CREW Network Study Measures Status of Women in Commercial Real Estate
- Commercial real estate is unquestionably an industry that is dominated by men however wome... Tue Mar 27 2012
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RENX Blogs

Burnin` Down the House
There is a lot of divergent opinion in Canada about the state of the housin...
Tue Mar 06 2012
Editorial: Canadian Hi-Speed Rail & Foreign Pension Fund Investment
In November of 2011 the Government of Canada, along with the governments of...
Tue Jan 17 2012