This Week in the News: A Collection of Articles

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLE 

August 18, 2022 – Living Room
Architectural trends in new homes

CONSUMER NEWS – for sharing with your clients 

August 18, 2022 - National Post
Modern living: Household appliances you can really talk to
August 18, 2022 - CBC Ottawa
She bought a house on a fledgling auction site. Now she faces over $100K in repairs
August 17, 2022 - National Post
HOLMES: Hot tubs - Are they the right choice?
August 16, 2022 – Living Room
What it means to refinance your mortgage
August 15, 2022 - CBC N.S.
Some Nova Scotia students facing 'desperate' situation amid housing crisis
August 15, 2022 - Financial Post
Time to sell? How to manage your investment property as interest rates rise
August 12, 2022 - CMP (Mortgage Broker News)
Canada house prices – could a 25% drop be coming?

August 12, 2022 - CMP (Mortgage Broker News)
RBC: Housing market deceleration won't impede BoC's rate hikes
August 12, 2022 - CBC News
Across Canada, cities struggle to respond to growing homeless encampments
August 11, 2022 - CBC N.S.
'A tough pill to swallow': More families living in tents, RVs on South Shore
August 11, 2022 – Living Room
What does a buyers’ market mean for sellers?
August 11, 2022 – Living Room
10 cleaning myths and whether or not they actually work
August 11, 2022 – CBC NS
'A tough pill to swallow': More families living in tents, RVs on South Shore
August 9, 2022 - CTV News
How to get into the housing market if you're gen Z or millennial
August 8, 2022 - CMP (Mortgage Broker News)
Housing crisis in Canada – six suggested solutions
August 8, 2022 – Living Room
What to consider when renting a basement apartment
August 8, 2022 - Global News
Here’s how high interest rates are impacting Canada’s condo demand
August 5, 2022 - CBC News
Renters are feeling the pinch nationwide. These 5 charts break it down


REAL ESTATE NEWS

August 17, 2022 - CMP (Mortgage Broker News)
CMHC reveals latest pace of housing starts
August 16, 2022 - CBC News
Home sales declined by 5.3 per cent in July, back to pre-COVID levels
August 11, 2022 - Huddle
Halifax homes lost $100K of value in three months and the decline isn’t over
August 11, 2022 - CMP (Mortgage Broker News)
Market share of fixed-rate mortgages on the rise
August 11, 2022 - Motley Fool
Housing market: 2 or more rate hikes could lead to a severe correction
August 11, 2022 – Living Room
What does a buyers’ market mean for sellers?
August 11, 2022 - Financial Post
Insolvencies jump in Canada as interest rate hikes, inflation bite
August 8, 2022 – Storeys – What would ‘affordable’ home prices actually mean for the Canadian economy?
August 8, 2022 – Storeys
‘Housing correction now runs far and wide across Canada’: RBC