Neil Sharma

Neil Sharma is the news editor of Mortgage Broker News, Canadian Real Estate Wealth and Real Estate Professional, and has been covering the Canadian real estate market since 2012. Before joining Key Media, he wrote for the Toronto Star, Toronto Sun, National Post, Epoch Times, and more.

Published Articles by Neil Sharma

Paltry infrastructure investment could be hurdle to future development

The recent federal and provincial budgets indicate that investment in Ontario’s infrastructure will continue trending downward, and should that continue, future development could become imperilled

B-20 fallout continues, but government urged to stay course

The Canadian Home Builders Association, Mortgage Professionals Canada, and the Ontario Real Estate Association are calling for amendments to the B-20 mortgage rules that slapped a 200 basis point stress test on mortgages

Leadership workshop in Toronto draws top talent from Canada, U.S.

Last week's Team Leadership Academy in Toronto, hosted by the acclaimed Richard Robbins International (RRI), drew the who’s who of real estate team leaders in Canada and the United States.

OREA calls on government to curb money laundering

The Ontario Real Estate Association is lobbying the Progressive Conservative provincial government to take action and make laundering money through real estate difficult

B.C. gov’t launches public inquiry into money laundering

More than $7 billion in illicit funds have been smuggled into B.C. in 2018 alone

Vancouver continues plummet

The national housing market showed promise in April, as year-over-year sales rose 3.6%, according to Canadian Real Estate Association statistics, but Vancouver displayed more signs of a market in duress

CoStar Group takes commercial sector by storm

The commercial real estate sector sometimes gets short-shrifted when it comes to accessing data—unlike the residential sector which enjoys copious quantities from all corners—but one company is changing that

Public ownership registry would obstruct money launderers

By creating a publicly accessible ownership registry, laundering money through real estate would become immensely harder, according to the C.D. Howe Institute