The federal government is suggesting it’s going to tackle housing affordability issues, but it looks like many Canadians aren’t buying it.

Make a real dent on your downpayment savings without cutting everything fun out, with these tips from financial planner Shannon Lee Simmons.

No one likes to fail a test — especially when what’s at stake isn’t a bad grade on a calculus exam, but the place you’d love to call home. Here’s how to determine if you would pass the mortgage stress test.

While there may be obvious drawbacks of cohabiting with parents again, those who live at home are set to substantially increase their savings if they remain disciplined.

“I still perceive it as a prudent thing to do to curb household indebtedness,” says BC-based realtor Steve Saretsky in an investment podcast.

Spring — a time of warmer weather, blooming flowers and a fresh crop of condo launches for homebuyers to choose from. Normally, at least.

House poorness falls on a spectrum of intensity. For some, not having much financial wiggle room means no vacations or new cars. For others, it’s the difference between paying the mortgage and saving for retirement.

How to live large when you’ve got limited square footage.

Economic researcher Will Dunning has a problem with the mortgage stress test the federal government imposed about a year ago. Actually, he has four.

Nestled along Northlands Golf Course, 27North delivers 27 contemporary homes across three storeys of modern architecture at the corner of Parkgate Avenue and Mount Seymour Parkway.

Canadians who are looking to buy homes aren’t the only ones feeling the pinch from mortgage rules the federal government brought in last year.

Canada’s newly-minted hottest housing markets are going to see prices soar even higher this spring while struggling regions will continue plodding on.

A 1930s ranch-style house gets a whole new look.

The Bank of Canada for some time has been suggesting higher and higher interest rates are coming soon — until this week.

You may be bending or breaking a few design rules, resulting in a space that looks unpolished and uninspiring.

Chinese homebuyers are showing increasing interest in Canadian real estate again — just not in the in the same places as they were before, a new report suggests.