Events for the week of May 4, 2026
2026 RHC Conference – HDAA Meeting – ARLA Trade Show – The Brott Music Festival – 2026 BILD Awards Show – 2026 HDAA Golf – 2026 Greenwin Cares Golf Classic – 2026 FRPO …
WEEK OF MAY 4, EVENTS WITH JILLIAN KATZENBACK
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Central bank warned housing slump and tariffs threaten Canada’s fragile recovery
By Liezel Once, 01 May 2026
The Bank of Canada held its policy rate at 2.25%, but its April Monetary Policy Report put housing and a buildup of small condos at the centre …
Market Factors: M�...
Scott Barlow, Market Strategist, Published April 29, 2026
This Market Factors starts by making income investors happy with a bullish, M&A-focused bull case for REITs and moves on to a bear case for developing world equities. The diversion covers a terrifying …
Brick-and-mortar ret...
Population growth drives retail traffic and demand for space
Howard Chai, May 1, 2026
Online shopping has been the bogeyman of brick-and-mortar retailers since well before the COVID-19 pandemic forced everybody online.
But the reports of the death of in-person retail were greatly …
Nearly 1 In 19 Great...
Stephen Punwasi, May 1, 2026
Greater Toronto’s rental shortage is now a distant memory, but the rents have yet to adjust. Urbanation data reveals the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) has seen a sharp uptick in rental vacancies in Q1 …
From the pages of our March issue…
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Today, development charges have become one of the single largest cost drivers for new rental housing, often adding tens of thousands of dollars per unit before construction even begins.
