With much of 2018 in the rear-view mirror, It’s been quite the year for the housing market in the GTA and elsewhere in Ontario. From sales and price fluctuations to supply concerns to rising housing costs. As 2019 approaches, here are five things we can learn from real estate in 2018.

Although the Greater Toronto Area housing market is somewhat in balanced territory, buyers and sellers are both up against the ropes.

Great Toronto Area average home prices continued their upward trajectory in November, rising 3.5 per cent year-over-year to $788,345, according to the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB).

Despite the bad news this week that General Motors Canada plans to close assembly operations in Oshawa, there are some good home buying opportunities in the city and elsewhere in Durham Region.

The Ontario government says it is committed to a housing plan that makes more good quality places to live available for “the hardworking people of the province.”

In one fell swoop, General Motors Canada’s announcement on Nov. 25 that it plans to close all assembly operations in Oshawa, Ont. effectively has pushed housing there into a buyers’ market.

Davpart Inc. recently broke ground at Avro Condominiums, a 14-storey, 180-unit development located at 10 De Boers Dr., just north of Allen Road and Sheppard in Toronto.

Great Gulf wins prestigious 2018 Ontario Home Builder of the Year Award for the first time.

Home buyers across the country are expecting more these days. More space. More windows. More closets. More conveniences. And more dazzle. The kind of “mores” you just don’t find in older homes, no matter how cozy they are

Buyers of new homes in Ontario will soon have greater deposit protection upon a new policy and regulation proposed by Tarion coming into force.