3 h. ago China’s economy lags in July under pressure from tariffs and a weak property market

BANGKOK (AP) — China’s economy showed signs of slowing in July as factory output and retail sales slowed and housing prices dropped further, according to data released Friday. Uncertainty over tariffs on exports to the United States is still looming over the world’s second-largest economy after President Donald Trump extended a pause in sharp hikes […]

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66 h. ago Buyers are getting homes for way under asking price across these GTA neighbourhoods

Home sales are slowly starting to pick up again in and around Toronto, which has seen an extended period of real estate turmoil while buyers wait to see what comes of the trade war with the U.S. and the economic recession.Sick of standing by for a better time that may never come, more homeowner hopefuls waded into the market in July, which had the largest uptick in transaction volumes of any July since 2021.Part of what helped this was softer prices, especially in the condo sector, where the standard unit now sells for 9.3 per cent less than it was a year ago.Meanwhile, the average sales price across housing types in the region has fallen 5.5 per cent over the same period, in part due to bidders successfully offering less than the asking price to desperate sellers whose properties are sitting up for grabs for far longer than ever.Toronto-based real estate agency Wahi regularly assesses where and to what degree houses and condos in the region are go...

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7 d. ago Booming Real Estate Market in Quebec City CMA: Exceptional Sales and Prices in July

The Quebec City CMA recorded 744 transactions in July, marking a peak in residential activity for this summer month (excluding the pandemic period). Total property sales across the three market segments jumped 12 per cent from a year ago. The Northern Periphery drove the surge in sales with a 31 per cent increase compared to […]

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8 d. ago Toronto's hottest month of home sales in years is actually not quite what it seems

It appears as if Toronto's real estate market is finally starting to buck the acute, uncharacteristic downward trend that has defined it for many months.Numbers from the last month of property sales in and around the city have arrived, and they show that the region is, as experts have predicted and hoped, indeed recovering from the unprecedentedly weak sales numbers and record-high inventory levels that it's experienced so far this year.According to the data, released in a report from the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB) on Wednesday, 10.9 per cent more homes changed hands over the course of July 2025 than during July 2024 — and the first year-over-year increase in sales period since fall 2024.This is also the first time since last November that sales have outpaced the number of new listings. While this report still details a 5.7 per cent uptick in the number of homes hitting the market last month&nb...

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8 d. ago Toronto home sales heated up in July but flat market still predicted for rest of the year

TRREB data show home sales climbed 13%, while prices slipped slightly and days on the market grew

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8 d. ago Judge to rule on bail for 3 men charged in alleged plot to take land near Quebec City

QUEBEC — A judge will rule today on whether to grant bail to three men facing terrorism charges in an alleged plot to forcibly seize land in the Quebec City area. Simon Angers-Audet, 24, Raphael Lagace, 25, and Marc-Aurele Chabot, 24, face charges of facilitating a terrorist activity, and other charges related to the illegal […]

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8 d. ago Greater Toronto housing market sees best July in four years: real estate board

Toronto-area home sales rose 10.9 per cent in July compared with a year earlier as 6,100 properties changed hands, the most activity recorded in the month since 2021.

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9 d. ago iA Financial Corporation Inc. Announces 10% Increase in the Dividend on Its Common Shares

QUEBEC CITY — The Board of Directors of iA Financial Corporation Inc. (TSX: IAG) announced today an increase of $0.09 in the dividend per outstanding common share for the quarter ended June 30, 2025, raising it to $0.9900. This dividend will be payable on September 15, 2025 to all common shareholders of record at the […]

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9 d. ago Vancouver home sales tick 2% lower in July with market ‘turning a corner’: board

Vancouver-area home sales were down two per cent in July compared with last year, as the city’s real estate board says it continues to believe the market is showing early signs of recovery. Greater Vancouver Realtors said residential sales in the region totalled 2,286 last month, down from the 2,333 sales recorded in July 2024 […]

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1 week ago Four dead, including three children, in crash southeast of Quebec City: police

Quebec provincial police say the victims include a 29-year-old man and and three children all from the Chaudiere-Appalaches region

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1 week ago Here's why an Ontario alley is known as one of Canada's best hidden gems

Ontario is full of hidden gems, and some of them can be found in some pretty surprising places, like an alley full of art tucked between two unassuming buildings.Martello Alley is Ontario's only open-air art gallery and is considered one of the best hidden gems in the province.Located in Kingston, the alley is inspired by La Rue du Trésor, an outdoor pedestrian art exhibition in the heart of Quebec City. The alley hosts an artist collective with on-site talent, as well as colourful artworks and prints to buy. Visitors have described Martello Alley as charming and unique, noting that it evokes a sense of French culture without ever leaving the province.     View this post on Instagram           A post shared by Jesse Benoit (@jessebenoit) The alley was even ranked the top hidden gem in Ontario and one of the best in Canada overall in a study commissioned last year by online ...

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3 w. ago Quebec City region received 75 millimetres of rain in less than two hours on Thursday

Severe storms dumped up to 84 mm of rain on Quebec City, flooding streets and forcing evacuations. Strong winds elsewhere in southern Quebec caused outages and damage.

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3 w. ago Opinion: What a family vacation taught me about Canada's resilience when threatened

This year, our family holidays took place in Central Canada, a region my children had never visited before. We explored Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, and Quebec City. My youngest was especially eager to see the sites of battles from the War of 1812, particularly around Niagara, where American forces were halted. Meanwhile, my high-school-aged daughter was […]

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3 w. ago Quebec’s residential real estate market is holding up well despite the climate of uncertainty, but certain regions will need to be monitored until the end of 2025

ÎLE-DES-SŒURS, Quebec, July 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Quebec Professional Association of Real Estate Brokers (QPAREB) has just released the latest residential real estate market statistics for the province of Quebec, based on the real estate brokers’ Centris provincial database. In the second quarter of 2025, a total of 28,969 properties were sold (single-family […]

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4 w. ago Home sales fall, inventory surges, prices decline slightly in Calgary

Calgary's residential real estate market solidly in balanced territory.

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4 w. ago Metro Vancouver real estate has cooled, luxury level gone ice cold in 2025

Metro Vancouver real estate sales generally were down almost 10 per cent in June, but at the luxury level, sales have been down 51 per cent over the first six months of 2025.

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