Aloft aims small home plans at Ontario
A new Niagara-based company, Aloft, is launching a tiny home initiative as an affordable alternative to high-priced homes across southern Ontario.
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Foreign and first-time buyers driven out of B.C. market
Foreign home buyers stayed on the sidelines in B.C. during the two-year sales surge that started in April of 2020, and many first-time buyers fled Canada’s most expensive housing market during the first half of 2022.
Bank downgrades housing forecast
Canada’s largest bank has downgraded its forecast for Canada's housing market. Vancouver, Toronto and Victoria are the cities likely to suffer the most, according to Royal Bank of Canada.
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