Tenants want apps that enhance the rental experience Mobile applications, or apps, have transformed the way we interact with the world. From social media to shopping, entertainment to business, apps have become part of daily life. It is also changing the rental...

Canada Expects Up To 1 In 10 People To Voluntarily Leave By Next Year Millions of Canadian visas expire next year and the country isn’t sure how to deal with it. That became clear when policymakers fumbled in parliament when answering what Canada plans to do if people...

N.B. apartment owners raise concerns over proposed rent cap The New Brunswick government’s plan to implement a three per cent rent cap starting February 1, 2025, is drawing concern from apartment owners in the province. Willy Scholten, president of the New Brunswick...

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...

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...

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 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 what they can...

CBC's Candidates' Debate ICYMI, view candidates debate at N.S. party leaders get testy over hot campaign issues.

Party Leaders Reply to RHPNS Survey Questions RHPNS sent six questions to party leaders, listed below, requesting their party's positions on each. What will your party do to reverse the damage inflicted by Nova Scotia’s rent control regime on rental property owners...