Traditionally, an interior designer’s job is to help you find out what you want from a space and then work with you to create a personal decor solution that suits your room, style and budget. But in years to come, will interior designers be replaced by clever robots who can conjure up our dream schemes
It might be hard for residents of Canada’s most expensive cities to imagine, but real estate actually became more affordable in several major Canadian housing markets this past quarter, suggests the latest Housing Affordability Monitor from National Bank. “Yet again this quarter, there is still a significant divergence across regions with no less than 6
The B.C. government unveiled a foreign-buyer’s tax last summer aimed at tamping down Vancouver’s runaway real estate market and making homes more affordable. Eight months later, has home affordability actually improved? Vancouver-area sales, listings and prices all dropped after the measure – a 15-per-cent property transfer tax on foreign national home buyers – went into effect Aug. 2.
