Tag: London housing
New figures show how unaffordable rent has become for many in London
‘Now, somebody on a living wage can barely pay their rent’
Provincial planning rules could make city’s housing affordability worse: consultant
A long-awaited tool to require affordable housing in new developments is getting a cold reception from London’s building industry and a consultant hired to study the practice, at least under existing rules. City politicians voted Monday to recommend seeking special permission from Queen’s Park to use inclusionary zoning – requiring new residential buildings to set […]
Even in slow-for-sales winter, average London home price keeps rising
The average selling price for a house in the London area is nearing $800,000, leaping more than $86,000 in a month, a real-estate industry snapshot for January’s sales shows. The average price of homes sold by members of the London and St. Thomas Association of Realtors (LSTAR) in January — traditionally a slow month — […]