The 27-year-old teacher has saved up a lot of money and wants to take the next step, but doesn’t know whether she should rent or buy property. “I want to move out ideally to my own purchased home or rent without a roommate,” Gabriela says. “But my goal is to purchase a home — or more likely a condo — in the next couple of years and I want to live in Parklawn/Mimico area. Somewhere near the...

The Greater Toronto Area (GTA) housing market continued to tighten in April 2023. On a year-over-year basis, sales edged lower compared to April 2022, but new listings were down by more than one-third. Fewer listings relative to sales meant there was more competition between buyers, supporting an improvement in selling prices since the beginning of this year. “In line with TRREB’s outlook and recent...

Lack of inventory is the main underlying storyline in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) real estate market coming out of the winter months, and with an anticipated increase in demand, and competition among buyers, market watchers project renewed price growth. Part of the reason for growing demand, especially among first-time buyers, has been a red-hot rental market, as the average rents start to get closer...

The collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank is creating an opportunity for anyone looking to renew a mortgage or buy a house. CHRISTOPHER KATSAROV/THE GLOBE AND MAIL To be mercenary about the demise of Silicon Valley Bank, it’s the break people buying a home or renewing a mortgage have been waiting for. The global financial system has been shaken by the failure of SVB, which happened when it...

A private investigation firm working for a title insurance company says a handful of organized crime groups are behind a string of real-estate frauds in the GTA — where at least 30 homes have either been sold or mortgaged without the real owners' knowledge. (Cole Burston/Bloomberg) A year ago, Melissa Walsh says police assured her family it only happened to them. Fraudsters nearly sold her great...