More than 100 first home buyer suburbs could slip out of reach by the summer if property values continue to rise at the current rate, new modelling shows.
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Monthly Archives: September 2025
Calgary, Edmonton leading Canada in new housing construction, but will prices fall?
Calgary and Edmonton continue to lead the country in new housing construction, new data show, but some industry watchers question whether this uptick in new builds will bring prices down.
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‘If you’re not growing, you’re falling behind’: Construction, business leaders identify priorities for upcoming city council
As Calgary braces for another municipal election, forces in the construction and business sectors are identifying urgent priorities for the next city council.
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Not fast enough: More homes are being built, but targets still far off, says CMHC
Builders in Canada got started on roughly the same number of new homes in the first half of 2025 compared to a year prior, according to a new report, and it’s not enough to put a dent in the country’s lack of affordable housing.
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These four major Alberta cities are the most in-demand to buy a house in
Some cities in Alberta have hotter housing markets than others, and a few spots are experiencing a significant increase in the price of a detached house.
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Public hearing set for Tuesday over proposed Rocky View County technology park
A public hearing is scheduled for Tuesday morning in Rocky View County council chambers to hear from both sides of a proposed technology park.
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Millions earmarked for Airdrie, area in Ottawa fund
Airdrie will receive $5,243,283 in 2025–26 through the Canada Community-Building Fund, part of $276,195,088 Ottawa is sending to Alberta municipalities for infrastructure projects, a Sept. 2 federal news release said.
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Short-Term Rental Bans Don’t Solve Long-Term Housing Shortages
Two years after New York’s Local Law 18 effectively banned most short-term rentals, the housing market looks remarkably unchanged. Tens of thousands of Airbnb listings vanished, yet rents remain at record highs and vacancies near historic lows. Instead of flowing into long-term leases, many of those former short-term units have either stayed dark or shifted to minimum 30-day rentals, doing little to ease the city’s chronic shortage of housing.
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Get land rent priced just right
The 2022 Census of Ag indicates that U.S. farmers are leasing about 39% of the land they work. In north-central Iowa, where I live, that number jumps to 60%.
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Florida House to begin work on property tax overhaul – after shelving DeSantis ideas
With a Florida House committee taking its first steps toward overhauling how much Floridians pay in property taxes, “everything is on the table,” the panel’s co-chair said.
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