Category Insights
Reflections and observations on the housing market, macroeconomic climate and alt finance in Canada.
The Great Divide in the GTA Housing Market
The spring housing market in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) hasn’t just been a bit sluggish, it’s split in two. As highlighted in the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s (CMHC’s) recent Housing Market Outlook, residential real estate in the GTA…
Is Your Home Both Your Nest and Your Nest Egg?
Is your home both your nest and your nest egg? HOOPP ran its annual retirement survey recently and almost 40% of home-owning respondents agreed that they'll be relying on the sale of their homes to set themselves up for retirement. Rob Carrick bluntly called this a "bad plan" in his column in The Globe and Mail on Monday.