Higher interest rates designed to fight inflation are also putting a damper on housing starts in this country. When rates go up, buyers tend to move to the …
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Tight inventory pushing up housing prices in Saskatchewan cities
Signals that suggest we may be entering a more stable phase of the residential real estate market are growing more evident. The economists at TD Canada …
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Impact of higher interest rates on home ownership
Things are about to improve. That’s the sentiment delivered by the latest RBC Royal Bank housing Affordability Index. The bank says the worst is probably …
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New First Home Savings Account to help Canadians buy homes
There was a provision in the recent federal budget that didn’t get much in the way of headlines but is probably the most important development in years for …
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As Saskatchewan’s population grows, so does need for housing
There are usually two sides to every story but often only one gets all the attention. A case in point is the conversation around the latest population …
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Housing resale market stabilizing as number of listings, prices adjust
There are signals that the housing market is finding some sort of equilibrium. At least that’s the view from the window at the economics unit in RBC Royal …
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