If you’re single, Edmonton is the place to be — at least for those interested in purchasing a condominium apartment.
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Monthly Archives: May 2023
Spring flood risks highlight lack of insurance for Canadian homeowners: experts
As the spring season brings higher flood risk to Canadians, as seen in British Columbia recently, experts say many homeowners remain without adequate insurance to cover extreme weather’s damage to their homes.
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Alberta NDP commits to building high school in Okotoks
The Alberta NDP says it will build a new high school in Okotoks.
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In Sharjah, rents still hold steady even with 22% increase in population numbers
Dubai: Residents in Sharjah are still getting a rental break, with residential lease rates over the last 12 months up by only 2-4 per cent on average.
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Motion calls on council to repurpose pavilions; potential demolition of historic building on agenda
Can the old pavilions at the Lethbridge Exhibition be repurposed?
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New to adulting? Recent college grads can find a friendly housing market in these 10 cities
Attention, new college grads! Looking for the best place to start adulting?
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The Ticking Time Bomb in America’s Downtowns
They call it the “debt wall,” and it is not the kind of wall that protects you. It’s the kind that might collapse and crush your village, or into which you might crash your car. Specifically, it is $1.5 trillion in commercial real estate debt, owed to banks, pension funds, and insurance companies before the end of 2025, and secured by a national portfolio of office, retail, industrial, and multifamily properties that may not be worth what they were five or 10 years ago when those loans got made.
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Sticker shock: Edmonton homeowners feeling impact of 5% city tax increase
Now that the City of Edmonton’s property tax notices are being mailed out, homeowners are seeing how much more they are paying after assessments increased an average of 3.5 per cent across the city.
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Central London prime office rents get big boost from Elizabeth line
Prime office rents along the Elizabeth line’s central London section have leapt, in some cases by 20% since pre-pandemic, as businesses look for the most commuter-friendly locations research shows.
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They face L.A.’s largest eviction in years. But these Westside renters won’t go quietly
Librarian Miki Goral has lived in the massive Westside residential complex Barrington Plaza for more than three decades. She swims in the large, heated pool nearly every day and, from her one-bedroom apartment on the 10th floor, she has a view of the ocean. The building is a 15-minute bus ride from her job at UCLA and it’s rent-controlled, allowing her to retain some certainty over housing costs even as rents in the neighborhood have skyrocketed.
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