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Toronto buyers tread cautiously into fall housing market

Real estate buyers in Toronto appear to be treading more cautiously into the fall market – especially compared with the excessive bidding that took place in the city last spring. Chander Chaddah, a real estate agent with Sutton Group-Associates Brokerage Inc., listed two houses recently; one sold on offer night and the other didn’t. The […]

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IMF sounds fresh alarm over Canadian housing market

The International Monetary Fund is raising red flags about Canada’s housing market, warning that moves by Ottawa in recent years to tighten mortgage lending standards and boost oversight of the country’s financial system haven’t gone far enough. Household debt levels remain well above those in other Western countries, the organization said in a commentary posted […]