US, Florida: developers are buying South Florida sites again, carefully

Investor impact: absorption has turned, pricing has not. Florida land and lease-up deals still need a discount for the next delivery wave.

Windsor just got $49,452 cheaper to build a home

Development charges just stopped being a fixed cost in Windsor-Essex.   On Friday, the Governments of Canada and Ontario announced up to $105.8M for Essex County municipalities through the Development Charge Reduction Program, paid to municipalities that reduce or eliminate development charges on ne

156 condo starts. Toronto used to start 7,000 a year

Toronto's condo engine did not slow down. It stopped.   CMHC's Fall 2026 Housing Supply Report counts just 156 condo units started in the City of Toronto in the first half of 2026, against a decade average of about 7,000 a year. Population-adjusted starts were the lowest since 1996, excluding 2025.

CREA started the year at +5.1%. Now it is -5.2%

CREA has now walked its 2026 forecast back three quarters in a row.   The association expects 444,530 sales this year, down 5.2% from 2025. That is a long way from January, when it forecast growth of 5.1%, and from July, when it expected only a 1.4% decline.   September shows why. Sales fell 2.3% mo