The latest NAR Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers showed a growing trend among recent buyers. The latest figures show that 89 percent of buyers purchased their home with the help of a real estate or broker. This is a sharp increase from a decade ago in 2001, when only 69 percent of buyers enlisted the help of an agent or broker. FULL STORY ->

The issue of occupancy limits and restrictions in rental housing is a continually vexing one. Sometimes what one person thinks is too many is, in the eyes of another, not enough. And sometimes what seems enough to one may seem too much to another. Further compounding matters is the fact that different jurisdictions may employ different standards. Moreover, the standards may be applied differently in different situations. FULL STORY ->

By 2036, there will be more one-person households in Canada than any other category, due to the aging of the baby boomer generation. But the country is counting on immigration to be the main driver of household growth in the next 20 years. FULL STORY ->

Markets across the nation are showing signs of movement and improvement. The latest report from the Mortgage Bankers Association shows that mortgage applications were up for the last week, this after a slow two week end to 2011. FULL STORY ->

In Freddie Mac's results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey®, it showed mortgage rates easing to new all-time record lows for all products covered in the survey helping to keep homebuyer affordability high. The average for the 30-year fixed mortgage rate has been below 4.00 percent for six consecutive weeks. FULL STORY ->