Neil Sharma

1 week ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Neil Sharma

The city is facing a need for more family-sized rental units. While apartment renters still make up the majority of renter households, interest in houses for rent is clearly risingThe future of Toronto belongs to renters. But, as a report from Point2 Homes demonstrates, that doesn’t mean single-family homes are becoming obsolete.

4 weeks ago | thesudburystar.com | Neil Sharma

Author of the article: Neil Sharma  •  Special to Postmedia NetworkPublished May 30, 2025  •  2 minute readEverything in general is just more expensive and people are delaying their home buying plans. Article contentThere’s a shift happening and people aren’t so house-obsessed anymoreAdvertisement 2This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article contentArticle contentRecommended VideosWe apologize, but this video has failed to load.

4 weeks ago | torontosun.com | Neil Sharma

The average age of first-time homebuyers in Ontario last year was 40, up from 38 six years ago, and 34 a decade earlier, according to Teranet, the province’s land registry office. “Everything in general is just more expensive, and people are delaying their home-buying plans,” said Victor Tran, a mortgage and real estate expert with RATESDOTCA. Tran, also a mortgage broker and real estate agent, says the rising age of first-time buyers has been apparent for years.

1 month ago | torontosun.com | Neil Sharma

It’s precisely because developers are wary of launching new projects in the Greater Toronto Area’s soft housing market that it’s very instructive when one does. Lansing Square (LSQ) by Almadev is one such development, because the 15-acre master-planned community has major implications for the future of the North York neighbourhood. Parkway Place is the adjacent business park containing what’s believed to be the largest concentration of offices outside downtown Toronto.

1 month ago | renxhomes.ca | John Dujay |Benjy Katchen |Neil Sharma |Barbara Lawlor

A rendering of the Cavendish townhome community, by Panatch Group, in Richmond, B.C. (Courtesy Panatch Group)Builders marketing new homes to extended and larger families are increasingly offering separate, lock-off suites as options in their communities. B.C. developer Panatch Group has joined the trend at its Cavendish townhome project in Richmond.