House price predictions for 2026, mortgage mistakes and the Home of the Week: Canadian real estate news for the week of Jan. 9

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The Home of the Week is an eco-friendly house on Herman’s Island, N.S.Jake Brenner/Supplied

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Toronto house is under $600,000 but also less than 4 metres wide

The real estate market in Toronto has been tragic this year, and homes have been consistently selling for under asking. 

That being said, the Canadian Real Estate Association reports detached houses selling for an average of $1.17 million this year. 

CEO of Ontario real estate regulator out after iPro scandal


Weary homebuyers have a new headache: Misleading AI listing photos

The photos carry uncanny similarities: Suspiciously smooth exteriors. Artificial green grass. Distorted, melting lines surrounding doors or windows. Occasionally, nonexistent lights might appear.

To hear the homebuyers of today tell it, any of the above can be signs of heavy-handed

New Zealand Opens Its Real Estate Market to Golden Visa Holders

Wealthy Americans will now have an easier time moving to the Land of the Long White Cloud in 2026.

After months of debate earlier this year, New Zealand has officially opened its real estate market to golden visa holders, relaxing

How much income do you need to buy a home in Canada? A look at housing affordability in October 2025

However, there are some green shoots—the same report indicates conditions are starting to firm up in some local markets, with monthly sales increases starting to eat into built-up inventory. Overall, though, market conditions remain firmly in buyers’ favour—and that’s reflected

Zillow deletes climate risk data from listings after complaints it harms sales | Climate crisis

Zillow, the US’s largest real estate listing site, has removed a feature that allowed people to view a property’s exposure to the climate crisis, following complaints from the industry and some homeowners that it was hurting sales.

In September last

Priced out of real estate, Canadians turn to the booming stock market

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Nearly three-quarters of Canadians aged 18 to 25 said they own at least one investment, compared to 56 per cent in the U.S., according to a 2023 study by the CFA Institute.Richard Drew/The Associated

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Serbian protesters vow to prevent real estate project linked to Trump son-in-law Kushner

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Thousands of protesters in Serbia symbolically formed a human shield Tuesday around a bombed-out military complex, vowing to protect it from redevelopment as a luxury compound by a company linked to U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law