Greatest Boom Ever

It doesn’t often happen that a property in Tasmania’s Far South stops property lovers in their tracks — but No.250 Hastings Bay Esp has done exactly that.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/2rp4eafc  

For Eugene Blanchard’s daughter and her partner, the search for a starter home began in Calgary, expanded to Edmonton and then even beyond Alberta’s borders to the Maritimes and Ontario.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/ysu28kr6  

Tax-dodging property investors are being caught in their hundreds trying to get away with leaving homes sitting empty in the midst of Victoria’s housing crisis.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/45y2s6yw    

A citizen-led petition seeking to force a vote on Alberta quitting Canada is officially successful.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/244w5uxe  

Despite South Australia’s property market cooling it is still shining brightly on the national stage as the latest Valuer-General’s figures reveal home values across the state have continued their climb.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/3wfxs4vs  

A neighbourhood in Edmonton has been marked as one of the coolest in Canada, according to a new list from Maclean’s.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/45ymm6ut     

This week brings a grab bag of mortgage updates, featuring musings from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. CEO Coleen Volk, Realtor.ca CEO Scott Neil, and concerning new developments in the mortgage rate market.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/y4ef5z6t  

The New York Times conducted a one-hour interview with that city’s 34-year-old Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who calls himself a Democratic Socialist — and who many of us would consider a radical left-winger.     Read more: https://tinyurl.com/3czruju8        

It’s not the hit medical drama from HBO. In Wîhkwêntôwin, “the pit” refers to the site of a cancelled construction project and its several-metre-deep excavation that’s sat agape for years.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/2x483mhj  

For the past two years, the national immigration conversation has been loud and polarized. Yet one perspective remains underrepresented: the employers who are trying to hire, train, and retain workers in today’s labour market.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/36edd6p6  

Darwin had the fastest-selling suburb for homes across the country last financial year, with new data revealing the Northern Territory’s housing market was one of Australia’s best performers.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/49tu5rkt     

More than six months into construction, a city project to build a replacement line for the Bearspaw South feeder main has passed the halfway point.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/bdzbp8bw     

Calgary’s luxury resale real estate market is not exactly hot. Then again, it’s not ice cold either. Rather, a new report suggests it is clipping along at a modest pace driven by local buyers seeking the right home for their needs.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/4tmaxwmy     

It’s no secret buyers’ dollars go further in Canadian cities not named Toronto or Vancouver, and a new study from Zoocasa shows just how much further down payments go in other major markets when purchasing a single-family detached home.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/y 849s 4xj