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Halifax anchors stable, optimistic Atlantic Canada outlook: CBRE An air of optimism reigns in Atlantic Canada’s relatively stable commercial real estate industry heading into 2025. That was a theme of CBRE’s recent Atlantic Market Outlook event and was evident in a...

Rent Control Anniversary

FOUR YEARS OF RENT CONTROL MAKES NOVA SCOTIA HOUSING CRISIS WORSE November 25 marks the 4th anniversary of the introduction of temporary rent control in Nova Scotia. When temporary rent control was announced, government’s stated intent was to address the housing...

Insurance

Housing crisis: What’s missing from an insurance perspective? Housing strategies recently proposed by Canada’s federal and provincial governments still don’t address the issue of building in high-risk hazard areas, Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) president and CEO...

Development

Residents ask N.S. Supreme Court to overturn provincial approval of Fall River development Development agreement for 120-unit project was approved in August A group of Halifax residents is asking the Nova Scotia Supreme Court to look at a provincial decision to...

Rent Control

Rent increases in New Brunswick to be capped at 3% starting Feb. 1 “We need cost control if we’re going to have rent control,” pointing to increases in property assessments of 10 per cent or more for some owners now faced with a three-per-cent cap on...