Heddle Real Estate - Royal LePage State Realty Brokerage

By David Buckingham
Posted Monday, Jul 24, 2023 12:55 pm

VACANT UNIT TAX

The City is instituting a vacant unit tax as one of the measures to address the City’s housing crisis. By creating a disincentive to have units remain vacant, the City aims to bring more housing...

By Mike Heddle
Posted Thursday, Jul 13, 2023 11:10 am

Homebuyers remain determined while sellers step back in response to additional interest rate hikes: Royal LePage

Home prices expected to hold steady through remainder of 2023, despite anticipated drop in activity following second consecutive increase to BoC’s overnight lending rate Second quarter highli...

By Mike Heddle
Posted Monday, Jul 10, 2023 10:10 am

Developers are turning 14 GTA malls into tiny cities, with Cloverdale leading the way - is this the solution to Toronto's housing crisis

In Brampton, Mississauga and Toronto, close to 200 residential buildings are proposed on the sites of older, tired malls. The new 15-minute cities will include condos, parks, recreation centres and ot...

By Mike Heddle
Posted Thursday, Jul 06, 2023 10:46 am

RAHB AREA HOME PRICES TREND DOWN 0.45 PER CENT IN JUNE

MODEST INVENTORY GAINS CONTINUE TO KEEP CONDITIONS BALANCED Hamilton, ON (July 5, 2023) – The REALTORS® Association of Hamilton-Burlington (RAHB) reported 1,115 sales in June. This repres...

By Sue Aitken
Posted Monday, Jun 26, 2023 11:02 am

Fear of missing out on buying a home due to insufficient down payment growing among Canada's first-time buyers

As home prices and interest rates continue to rise, whilst inventory remains extremely tight, Canada’s first-time buyers are feeling increasingly worried about missing out on their desired home ...