Residential

Local real estate board predicts sales will rebound as restrictions are eased.

Intensification targets will push residents to communities outside Ottawa, industry group says

Ottawa developer's plan calls for three highrises of more than 20 storeys each on Centrepointe Drive.

The REIT said it had collected 97 per cent of this month’s total rent owing as of April 14, which it called “a level consistent with its normal collection cycle.”

Home sales in Ottawa plummeted more than 60 per cent in the first two weeks of April compared with a year earlier, while a major realty firm is predicting prices will remain stagnant through the rest of 2020.

The retirement and seniors' apartment complex would include three six-storey buildings featuring a total of 316 units.

Builders in Ottawa continued to start new homes at a brisk pace in March while starts on the Gatineau side of the River fell significantly compared with a year earlier, CMHC says.

The COVID-19 pandemic appears to be slowing activity in Ottawa’s housing market, which seemed primed to continue surging in the first few months of the year

Plus, Ottawa realtors share their picks for the capital’s hottest neighbourhoods

In an industry where the 'personal touch' can make or break a sale, the new age of social distancing has prompted Ottawa’s realtors to rethink their tools of the trade