
asking rent


One year after B.C.’s short-term rental crackdown, has it made housing cheaper?
Marv Gandall says living in one of Victoria’s largest residential buildings a year ago meant a parade of people with suitcases, stuffed visitors parking and slow elevators.

Average asking rents decrease for sixth straight month to $2,119: report
A new report says the national average asking rent in March was $2,119, marking the sixth straight month of year-over-year declines.

Rent prices fall 5% in February, reaching lowest level since July 2023
Average asking rents nationally were down 4.8% year-over-year in February, reaching the lowest level since July 2023.

Competition Bureau says it’s probing whether landlords are using AI to set rents
The Competition Bureau has confirmed it’s investigating the possible use of AI-driven algorithmic pricing in Canadian real estate rental markets.

Rent prices across Canada fall to 18-month low
Average rents across Canada continued to drop in January, reaching an 18-month low, according to the latest data from Rentals.ca and Urbanation.

Average rents across Canada fall to lowest level in over a year
The average asking rent across Canada fell to $2,109 in December, marking its lowest point in 17 months, according to the latest data from Rentals.ca and Urbanation.

Rent prices fall to 15-month low: Rentals.ca
Average asking rents were down 1.6% on an annual basis, marking the first year-over-year decline since the pandemic.

National rent prices decline year-over-year for first time since pandemic: report
Average asking rents declined nationally on a year-over-year basis for the first time in more than three years in October, said a report out Thursday.

Rents rise 2.1% in September, marking fifth straight monthly slowdown: report
A new report says growth in average asking rents across Canada last month slowed to the lowest rate since October 2021, at 2.1% year-over-year.