Brynn Lackie

LATEST STORIES BY BRYNN LACKIE

LACKIE: September numbers reflect grim time in Toronto real estate market

Eighteen months of rising interest rates have pummelled affordability and eliminated a large swath of buyers from the market place

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October 7, 2023 Columnists

Real estate sales in Toronto aren't going down, despite the pandemic.

LACKIE: September market stats will tell the tale of a market in transition

Now that September has come to a close, we can all wait with bated breath for the data that will show how the real estate market fared.

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September 30, 2023 Columnists

LACKIE: New normal in the fall real estate market

How does the clich é go? That a real estate agent will never not tell you that it’s a great time to buy or sell?

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September 23, 2023 Columnists

LACKIE: Bank of Canada holds rate, Canadians exhale

The number of people holding their breath leading up to the Bank of Canada’s recent rate announcement was both surprising and yet somehow not surprising at all; it was completely telling, in fact.

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September 9, 2023 Columnists

Tiff Macklem, Governor of the Bank of Canada, speaks during a news conference after announcing the Monetary Policy Report, at the Bank of Canada auditorium in Ottawa, July 12, 2023.

LACKIE: Offer dates promise more risk than reward these days

Following over three years of a pretty epic bull run, and coming on the heels of almost a decade-long ascent before that, the real estate market in Toronto has by and large only experienced good times for the last several decades.

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September 2, 2023 Columnists

LACKIE: All eyes on the bank of Canada this fall

If the Bank of Canada hikes the interest rate again, expect the real estate market to remain eerily quiet

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August 26, 2023 Columnists

The Bank of Canada in Ottawa, Ont., Canada, on July 12, 2023.

LACKIE: All mortgage borrowers should be planning for renewal

Just when it seemed that we might be able to lean into the idea that the worst could maybe be behind us, last week’s report that inflation ticked back upwards in July served as a sharp reminder that only a fool counts their chickens before they hatch.

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August 19, 2023 Columnists

A house made from Canadian polymer $100 dollar bills.

LACKIE: Another quiet month in Toronto real estate

The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board's July market stats show a second straight month of declining sales

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August 12, 2023 Columnists

LACKIE: Time to start preparing for the fall market

Now that interest rates are sitting higher than anyone thought possible, save for the boomers who continue to insist that this is nothing compared to the 18% rates they once endured on their $100,000 homes, it seems prudent to point out that everything has changed once again.

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July 29, 2023 Columnists

LACKIE: These are our leaders?

We are in the midst of an inflation and cost of living crisis and we have politicians showing us repeatedly just how little they get it.

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July 22, 2023 Columnists

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland arrive for a federal cabinet retreat in Hamilton, Ont., Jan. 23, 2023.

Brynn Lackie

LATEST STORIES BY BRYNN LACKIE

LACKIE: September numbers reflect grim time in Toronto real estate market

LACKIE: September market stats will tell the tale of a market in transition

LACKIE: New normal in the fall real estate market

LACKIE: Bank of Canada holds rate, Canadians exhale

LACKIE: Offer dates promise more risk than reward these days

LACKIE: All eyes on the bank of Canada this fall

LACKIE: All mortgage borrowers should be planning for renewal

LACKIE: Another quiet month in Toronto real estate

LACKIE: Time to start preparing for the fall market

LACKIE: These are our leaders?

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