Real Estate News
Desperate House-Owners (Torontoist)
Realtors ask sellers to be ‘realistic’ as housing market stays cool (National Post)
In a cool market, sizzle still sells (Globe and Mail)
GTA housing sales and prices plunge (Globe and Mail)
January home sales plunge 50% (Toronto Star)
Appealing to home buyers (Globe and Mail)
Your home may be worth more than you thought: CREA (National Post)
Mattamy Homes: Between Bricks and a hard place (Toronto Star)
Monarch Homes searching for buyer (Toronto Star)
Developer sees upside as market looks down (Toronto Star)
Economic News
U.S. mortgage insurers press Ottawa to fully guarantee policies (Globe and Mail)
Canada finds itself in a 'credit deadlock' (National Post)
BoC predicts recession will be painful, but short (CTV)
Bank of Canada cuts lending rate to record low of 1 (CBC)
Urban Planning and Neighbourhoods
On an unlikely stretch of the Danforth, an art gallery pops up (National Post)
Toronto’s development industry has tanked, councillor laments (National Post)
Home Depot pays $11.5M to kill Queen West store (National Post)
Ontario commits to $875M downtown, Pearson rail link (National Post)