Neil Sharma

1 week 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.

1 week 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.

2 weeks 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.

3 weeks 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.

4 weeks ago | torontosun.com | Neil Sharma

Sitting on the shores of Lake Ontario, the Oakville neighbourhood of Bronte Village is both unmistakably quaint and tranquil. A substantial number of the estimated 2,500 new homes slated for construction in Bronte Village in the coming years will be in condominiums catering to empty nesters — especially locals. And considering Oakville’s median household income in 2024 was $144,804, outstripping the provincial average of $98,866, these equity-rich buyers are uncompromising.