Housing Market

Find out the latest in the housing market.

See the stories below to know what's going on, right now, in the Candian housing market. Our team interviews the people gathering the data in Canada's housing sector, and get the real answers you need to know.

Alberta's new infrastructure plan: a gamechanger for housing?

Federal and Alberta governments commit $938M to clear housing infrastructure bottlenecks

Alberta's new infrastructure plan: a gamechanger for housing?

Northern housing costs squeeze supply despite affordability gains

CMHC data shows territorial construction costs running up to 1.5 times higher than in Calgary

Northern housing costs squeeze supply despite affordability gains

The takeaways you might have missed in CMHC's latest housing report

CMHC's city-by-city data reveals a housing market splitting further apart

The takeaways you might have missed in CMHC's latest housing report

CMHC cuts housing forecast as sales and prices set to slide

Canada's housing agency reverses its earlier outlook, now projecting lower sales and prices in 2026

CMHC cuts housing forecast as sales and prices set to slide

Canada's housing starts extend slide as builders pull back

CMHC data shows June starts fell from May as higher costs and weak demand continue to bite

Canada's housing starts extend slide as builders pull back

Mom and Dad say the early '80s were harder for homebuyers. They're not completely right.

Canadian rates peaked in 1981 at around 22% but the house cost three times income. Today's buyer in Toronto faces a huge hurdle

Mom and Dad say the early '80s were harder for homebuyers. They're not completely right.

Canadian Mortgage Awards spotlight an industry tested and reshaped by a historic renewal wave

Nominations are open for the country's most prestigious mortgage honours, arriving at a moment of genuine structural change

Canadian Mortgage Awards spotlight an industry tested and reshaped by a historic renewal wave

For-sale housing starts decline 10% in 2025 report

Slower new home market in 2025 reported by Statistics Canada

For-sale housing starts decline 10% in 2025 report

New housing activity rises in Prairies as B.C. slows

StatCan report shows regional split in 2025 new home construction

New housing activity rises in Prairies as B.C. slows

Housing starts jump in April — but don't call it a comeback

A 17% monthly surge in housing starts offers brokers a cautious signal, but the pipeline remains constrained

Housing starts jump in April — but don't call it a comeback