Make homeownership and affordability a national priority. Reduce taxes, fees, levies and development cost charges. Ease the ...

If you were hoping to make use of the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s (CMHC) First-Time Home Buyer Incentive (FHBI) program, your window to do so is closing. The CMHC announced last week ...

Fewer than 400 households in the Toronto, Vancouver and Victoria areas have received financial assistance from a federal program for first-time home buyers, despite changes that were intended to make ...

Last week Ottawa cancelled the complex and illogical First-Time Home Buyer Incentive. The federal program was riddled with flaws and it not only didn’t help, but it actually left Canadians who ...

Yukon Premier Ranj Pillai announced a new first-time home buyers program on Wednesday to help with down payments. Pillai says the aim of the program is to keep Yukoners in the territory and "entice" ...

Gabriel Haney is looking to buy a one-bedroom apartment in Langley or Burnaby. The 26-year-old from Langley says he hopes to take advantage of B.C.'s First Time Home Buyers' Program, an incentive that ...

The provincial government is proposing to rebate the full 8 per cent provincial portion of the HST for first-time home buyers on new homes valued up to $1 million ...

If you don’t qualify for a mortgage or you need more buying power, getting a co-signer may be an option. More on this and other home-buying strategies. If you’re in the market for your first home but ...

Alberta is an attractive place to buy a first home. We look at what first-time buyers can expect in the sunshine province. This article is 1 year old. Some details may be outdated. The mortgage rules ...

Prime Minister Mark Carney is fulfilling one of the key promises the Liberal party made during the recent federal election campaign, specifically relating to eliminating the federal five per cent ...

How old is the typical first-time homebuyer? Nearly half (47 per cent) of first-time homebuyers who purchased their homes in the past 18 months were between 25 and 34 years old, according to the CMHC ...