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Tenants trading up to smaller, more modern and well-equipped spaces are fuelling a widening gulf between the haves and have-nots in the National Capital Region’s office market, the new managing director of CBRE’s Ottawa office says.
The number of homes that changed hands across the country in December was up 19.2 per cent compared with a year earlier, as the Canadian Real Estate Association says a strong fourth quarter bodes well for a rebound in sales in 2025.
According to CBRE’s 2025 real estate market outlook released Tuesday, there was no new inventory added to Ottawa’s retail footprint in 2024 and just 90,000 square feet of new construction the previous year.
The aggregate price of a home in Ottawa will increase four per cent in the fourth quarter of 2025 compared to the same quarter last year, according to a forecast from Royal LePage released today.
Home sales in Ottawa in December were up almost eight per cent from the year-ago period but lagged the five- and 10-year averages as a “wait-and-see” market in 2024 came to a close.