• As condo market cools, niche buyers move in,Carolyn Ireland

    As condo market cools, niche buyers move in

    The condominium market has slowed in Toronto this summer, except for one cadre of buyers. Downsizers who have cash to spend are driving sales.But even those in the upper echelons are looking for a deal.

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  • Canadian home sales edged lower in July amid uncertainty over future of borrowing costs,Rachelle Younglai

    Canadian home sales edged lower in July amid uncertainty over future of borrowing costs

    Canada’s housing market slowed in July, with sales falling for the first time in five months amid uncertainty over the future of borrowing costs.The number of home resales fell 0.7 per cent in July over the previous month after removing seasonal influences, according to the Canadian Real Estate Asso

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  • Calming design for a frenetic world,Dave LeBlanc

    Calming design for a frenetic world

    For something so static, architecture can do a lot of things. It can stir the soul (religious buildings), it can excite or inspire playfulness (a world’s fair or midway), or it can soothe and calm the human heart.For calming architecture, my thoughts turn to Raymond Moriyama’s slow escalator descent

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