Ottawa

Ottawa housing rebound continues as sales, prices rise in March: OREB

OREB said 1,165 homes changed hands last month. A total of 2,678 homes were sold in Ottawa through the first three months of 2024, a 13.1 per cent increase from the previous year.

Region’s unemployment rate jumps to 4.8% in March as local economy sheds jobs

Canada’s unemployment rate jumped to 6.1 per cent in March as more people looked for work, Statistics Canada reported Friday.

Ottawa home prices expected to approach 2022 levels by end of year: CMHC

Ottawa home prices are expected to approach peak levels last seen in 2022 by the end of...

Demand for small-bay space continues to fuel Ottawa industrial market, brokerage firms say

Tenants continued to snap up smaller industrial spaces at a steady clip in the first quarter of...

Wife of former Sens player Radek Bonk teams up with local designer to open luxury furniture store in Stittsville

Turning 50 next month was a big enough milestone to motivate Jill Bonk and Jennifer Miller to double-down on a goal they’d set for themselves long ago: to launch a brand new home furnishing and lighting showroom in Ottawa.

Why Ottawa’s office vacancy rate might not be quite what it seems

Ottawa’s office vacancy rate dipped slightly in the first quarter as leasing activity picked up in the...

District Realty to convert Elgin Street office building to residential units

District Realty plans to redevelop an 11-storey office building at 200 Elgin St. into a multi-residential complex, real estate firms CBRE and Colliers said in their first-quarter Ottawa office market reports released this week.

CFIB looks for good news on carbon tax for small businesses in upcoming federal budget

The Canadian Federation of Independent Business is calling on the federal government to freeze the federal carbon tax and assess the possibility of implementing a simpler rebate program for small businesses. 

Ottawa continues to trail other major Canadian cities in office occupancy: Colliers

Citing data from research agency Environics Analytics, Colliers Canada said Tuesday that Ottawa’s office occupancy rate is currently at 54 per cent of pre-COVID levels.

Owner of local delivery service poised to ‘take the hit’ as carbon tax increase boosts gas prices

Martin Charron, owner of Ottawa-based delivery and courier service Gopher-It Deliveries, is taking calls from his car today as he drives throughout the city, delivering packages and satisfying customer orders. cAt the same time, he’s attempting to offset the rising costs associated with the latest increase in the federal carbon tax.

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