Renting
Renting
August Marks "Longest Stretch Of Rent Declines Since The Early Pandemic"
Rents fell 2.3% year over year last month, bringing the average national rent to $2,137.
Sep 08, 2025
Development Projects
Fengate Forges Ahead With “Landmark” Purpose-Built Rental Site Zoned For 44 Storeys
Fengate Asset Management announced that it had closed on the sale of the site at 4-10 Beamish in Etobicoke in mid-July.
Development Projects
Osmington Gerofsky Advances Vandyk’s Multi-Tower Mimico Project In Receivership
The site at 39 Newcastle Street is part of a series of Toronto-Area addresses that were placed under receivership in late-2023 as Vandyk Properties fell into severe financial distress.
Policy
BC Sets 2026 Rent Increase Cap At 2.3%, Tying It To Inflation
The 2.3% maximum rent increase cap set for 2026 is a significant decrease from the 3.0% that was set for 2025.
Modern Ease Meets Elegance At This Rosedale Family Home
Set along one of Rosedale’s most admired streets is a rare find: a home that honours its heritage while embracing thoughtful, design-forward updates.
Development Projects
Former Ontario Association Of Architects Headquarters To Anchor 31-Storey Rental
50 Park Road in Midtown Toronto was also the offices of architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design firm DTAH.
Renting
Canadian Rent Decline "Compounding" As July Sees 3.6% Year-Over-Year Drop
While dipping a nominal $4 from June, national average rent fell 3.6% year over year from $2,201 to $2,121, marking the 10th consecutive month of annual rent decline.
Policy
Will Toronto's Colour-Coded Landlord Ratings Also Shame Tenants?
Toronto City Council has adopted a motion to introduce colour-coded ratings for apartment buildings based on their level of cleanliness and safety. The reform is expected to be phased in next July.
Policy
Toronto's Renoviction Bylaw Goes Into Effect Today With A $700 Application Fee
The move follows similar bylaws passed in Hamilton and London and is meant to protect tenants from bad faith evictions, or so-called 'renovictions.'
Renting
65% Of GTHA Landlords Offering Rental Incentives As Demand Slows And Supply Grows
From free months of rent to straight cash, Urbanation's Q2-2025 rental market report finds more and more landlords are getting creative about filling units.
Affordable Housing
CreateTO Flexes 15 Sites To Be Rolled Out Under New ‘Toronto Builds’ Framework
The City of Toronto has expressed a desire to create a new entity known as Canada-Ontario-Toronto Builds (COT Builds), which takes a cue from the widely applauded BC Builds.
Listed Commercial
Rosedale Leasehold Opportunity Offered On Behalf Of CreateTO
The site at 931 Yonge Street in Toronto has Zoning By-Law Amendment approval in place for a 32-storey purpose-built rental.
Breaking Charts
CMHC Is Quietly Becoming A Rental Housing Powerhouse
There’s no doubt we need more rental housing and that CMHC’s tools have become better at delivering it — but in solving one crisis, are we sleepwalking into another?
Development Projects
Hollyburn Joins Isabella High-Rise Boom With 69-Storey Skyscraper
The proposed development would replace a 10-storey rental apartment on the downtown Toronto site, and calls for 84 replacement rentals, in addition to 730 new units.
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