HOMES AND CONDOS

A hot real estate market in Vancouver helped drive home sales in Canada higher in May and push the average price was up 8.6 per cent, according to the Canadian Real Estate Association. The average price in Vancouver, far and away Canada's most expensive market, was up 25.7 per cent to $831,555, while the number of home sales in that ...

The Canadian real estate market continued its slowdown in February, with the number of homes sold declining 1.6 per cent compared to the previous month and dropping 5.9 per cent from a year ago.The sales drop was the smallest year-over-year decline in nine months, the Canadian Real Estate Association said, but it underscores the market returning ...

"Canadian home prices are still on the rise even as sales fall as demand peters out, one factor that is making homes less and less affordable, according to a study by the Conference Board of Canada.Home sales have fallen by 25 per cent since reaching a peak at the beginning of the year as fewer buyers compete and more houses come onto the ...