by admin | Aug 16, 2019 | News
Experts question rollout of federal housing funds According to a Canadian housing expert, although the money will make a difference in enabling lower rents on particular projects, it took a long time coming, and still doesn’t come close to matching the enormous dollar...
by IPOANS | Aug 16, 2019 | News
Waiting for baby boomers to die is not effective housing policy OPINION: A new report says that a once-reliable way of bringing homes to the resale market isn’t working like it used to. It’s another indication that our housing policies aren’t keeping up with our...
by IPOANS | Aug 16, 2019 | News
August 2019 Canadian Rent Report Overall, 5 cities experienced an upward trend last month, 4 downward, and 15 remained stable. Similar to the previous month’s report, more than half of the total markets were flat, which is surprising since it is hot moving...
by IPOANS | Aug 16, 2019 | News
After 14 failed applications, a move off the peninsula and a broken fridge, how one renter became a buyer. When I moved to Halifax in 2007, the first apartment I went to see was a $750 bachelor in the south end with no windows. The landlord told me he could put a...
by IPOANS | Aug 9, 2019 | News
Tenant Insurance another casualty of the hardening insurance market “There’s more demand for renters insurance and a lot of our markets don’t seem to want to write renters insurance,” Jeff Roy, president and CEO of Excalibur Insurance, said in an interview last week....
by IPOANS | Aug 9, 2019 | News
Airbnb listings seeing increased revenue, more “Superhosts” New Airbnb statistics show a big increase in multiple-listing hosts in Halifax Regional Municipality since last year. According to the data, entire-home listings continue to see the most bookings, and hosts...
