Shane Dingman’s recent piece in the Globe and Mail about shrinking lot sizes raises two interesting points. One, new low-rise lot sizes seem to be shrinking and that’s probably a normal market outcome. Similar to the way in which average unit sizes have been generally… Read More
February data (2018) for the new home market in the Greater Toronto Area was released this past week by BILD and Altus. I seem to have gotten into the habit of writing about this every month. The benchmark price for new low-rise single-family housing was… Read More
I just ordered a copy of Multi-Unit Housing in Urban Cities: From 1800 to Present Day by Katy Chey. I figured this was a book that we should have hanging around our office. I also like to support the Daniels Faculty. The book covers the following… Read More
One of the things that I’ve been following over the years (and writing about a lot on this blog) is average condo/apartment sizes, specifically in Toronto. I’m interested in this topic because I think it tells you a lot about what’s going on in the… Read More
This morning BILD released its November new home data for the Greater Toronto Area. The story is one we’ve been hearing for a while. Supply is trending downward. It’s becoming harder to build. And prices are up. The average new detached house in this region… Read More
Whenever I read studies that cite census data, I’m often left feeling like the data is out-of-date. Five years – which is how often Canada conducts its national census – is a long time. Somebody could move to this country for school, complete a 4-year… Read More
One of the North American truisms that I often like to challenge is the belief that kids should be raised in a house. I’m interested in this topic, not because I’m planning for a kid, but because Toronto has gone through such a dramatic transformation… Read More
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