Rental markets are moving toward balance on a national level as new supply eases pressure and rent growth slows, giving renters more flexibility before buying a home. Regional housing markets vary ...

Real estate busts tend to be slow-moving, and then suddenly, all at once. Eight years after the US commercial market peak, the price discovery in current sales is wiping out years of prior price ...

Recently, more analysts and industry experts have been sounding this alarm. CIBC economists published a report last week noting that “the decline in homebuilding and falling home prices have ‘clear ...

Distributions as a percentage of net asset value remained at 14% last year — the second-lowest level since the depths of the 2008 financial crisis, according to a new report from Bain & Co. And the ...

Thinking ahead is challenging and important to try… The artificial intelligence “scare trade” erupted again on Monday as growing concerns about the disruptive power of AI dr ...

Residential real estate is the most widely owned and highly leveraged asset class for households. For these reasons, housing cycles have outsized effects on consumer confidence, spending, the economy ...

However, February has seen more uneven performance: Technology shares have led the weakness as investors reassess how AI translates into corporate profits, GDP, jobs, and security/insecurity. See, AI ...

Stocks, commodities, junk bonds, precious metals, and crypto assets all leapt together into late 2025; now, Bitcoin, the crypto leader, is down 44% since October, and the broader crypto market has ...

Utilities analysts are having a moment as the energy sector gets a boost from AI. With an extra 94 gigawatts forecast to be needed by 2030 to power all these data centers, energy investment has become ...

We should all work and hope for new trade relationships, new business lines and lots of innovation to bring seen and unforeseen solutions. But in the here and now, Canada is in a complacency-earned ...

As I have noted many times, historically, a maximum of 3x household income has been considered the limit of what is considered “affordable” for homes. In Canada, with a median household income of 84k, ...

The spring listing wave traditionally starts at the end of February, but supply is already off to a strong start in 2026. Canadian housing inventory rose in January, with listings higher across most ...