Residential

Region’s annual rate of housing starts fell 58% in January: CMHC

The six-month rolling average – designed to smooth out monthly fluctuations – was 1,735 units, compared with 4,095 units in December.

Affordable housing in Ottawa gets $18.5M boost from feds

At least 48 new units of affordable housing will be built in Ottawa thanks to funding announced Monday by the federal government.

Ottawa home prices, sales continue to slide in January: OREB

The average price for a freehold-class property in Ottawa was $676,272 in January, the board said, down 12 per cent from a year earlier.

CAPREIT sells stake in three Ottawa rental towers for $136M

CEO Mark Kenney said the capital will “likely be an active market” for CAPREIT as it continues to pursue its strategy of buying into new construction projects.

Ottawa’s rental housing vacancy rate drops in 2022 despite surge in construction: CMHC

The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the city's vacancy rate for purpose-built housing dropped to 2.1 per cent last year, down from 3.4 per cent in 2021, due to “strong demographic and economic fundamental conditions.”

Developers urge City to cut red tape, clear path to more office-to-residential conversions

As municipal leaders brainstorm new ways to revitalize Ottawa’s downtown in a post-pandemic world, real estate insiders say making the office-to-residential conversion process easier by cutting red tape at city hall should be right at the top of their agenda.

Michael Waters stepping down as CEO of Minto Apartment REIT

Minto has named Jonathan Li, who is currently the REIT’s president and chief operating officer, as Waters' replacement.

CREA predicts 2023 home sales to edge down 0.5% from 2022 mark

The Canadian Real Estate Association expects home sales to edge down less than one per cent and prices to fall almost six per cent from 2022, which ended with the market in a sluggish state as sellers and buyers sat on the sidelines.

Luxury Ottawa home sales buck slowdown trend, up 8.6% in 2022: Report

Sales of homes worth at least $1 million rose in Ottawa last year even as overall transactions...

Montreal firm floats plan for seven-tower mixed-use development in Overbrook

Group Oradev recently filed a development application that calls for the industrial building and attached three-storey office complex that currently occupy 400 Coventry Rd. to be torn down and replaced with seven highrises ranging from 18 to 30 storeys. 

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