Trump Tariffs Could Slow US Housing Market in 2025
A recession could slow down an already "comatose" US housing market, experts said, eroding prospective buyers' confidence.
Trumped By Tariffs: How Retaliatory Measures Harm Canada’s Green Economy
Canada's retaliatory tariffs as a permanent policy tool are economically counterproductive and may slow the implementation of ...
Federal government releases 49 standardized housing templates for Canada's builders
Through CMHC, the federal government has created 49 design templates for its Housing Design Catalogue to improve housing ...
This former prison in Quebec will soon become affordable housing
The St-Vincent penitentiary will be transferred by the end of 2025 to the Canada Lands Company for the development.
Trudeau’s housing strategy triggered an Alberta construction boom that isn’t slowing down
The federal Liberals offered tax incentives and funding in an effort to build more housing as rent prices soared and supply disappeared across the country. Did it work?
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Metal Tariffs Will Turbocharge Canada’s Housing Crisis
Before Donald Trump started threatening tariffs, housing starts across Canada were already slow. Last year, only 245,000 ...
Michael Smolens: Once-obscure ‘builder’s remedy’ law is now shaping local housing policy
The builder’s remedy has been around for decades but was strengthened in 2019. The law allows projects that include a certain ...
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No one likes uncertainty: Here's how Trump's proposed tariffs on Canadian lumber will impact the Berkshires' housing market
The lumber and building industry is reeling from President Trump’s on-again, off-again threat to impose a 25 percent tariff ...
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Housing Coalition Releases Plan to Protect Canadians and Fight Housing Crisis Amid Trade War
OTTAWA, Ontario, March 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In response to the trade war launched by the Trump administration, a ...
Posthaste: Vancouver's housing market seen on firmer footing than Toronto's heading into tariff turbulence
The Greater Vancouver Area, while weaker than most Canadian markets, has held up better than the Toronto region, he said. Over the past three months, home sales here are up 21 per cent from the year ...
Millennials, gen Z in 'Goldilocks moment' to jump on Canada's property ladder
The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) also forecasted in February that lower mortgage rates and last year’s mortgage reforms could activate the housing market, with the caveat that higher ...