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Canada’s spring housing market is typically the busiest time of the year for the real estate sector, but homebuyers have so far been reluctant to jump in. (Credit: Financial Post photo illustration\/Getty Images) <\/p>\n Canada’s spring housing market is typically the busiest time of the year for the real estate sector, but homebuyers have so far been reluctant to jump in. (Credit: Financial Post photo illustration\/Getty Images) <\/p>\n
It\u2019s Tuesday, April 21. Here are the top stories we\u2019re following today.<\/p>\n
From where the deals are to where prices dropped most, 5 key things to know about the spring real estate market<\/a><\/p>\n Spring is traditionally when Canada\u2019s housing market shifts into high gear. But this year it\u2019s idling, despite four consecutive years of price reductions nationally.<\/p>\n Read the story<\/a><\/p>\n Toronto\u2019s condo market \u2018hits bottom\u2019 with some developers looking at selling units below cost<\/a><\/p>\n Canada\u2019s largest condominium market has \u201chit bottom\u201d as first-quarter sales for new projects in Toronto fell 52 per cent from a year ago to a 35-year low, according to an Urbanation Inc. report, and no projects were launched for the first time in three decades in the period.<\/p>\n Read the story<\/a><\/p>\n Don\u2019t expect Carney\u2019s looming spring budget update to reflect the financial pain Canadians are feeling<\/a><\/p>\n There\u2019s a scene in the 1988 comedy The Naked Gun where Leslie Nielsen\u2019s Lt. Frank Drebin waves his arms in front of a fireworks factory that has just exploded and calmly tells the horrified crowd, \u201cNothing to see here, please disperse.\u201d Kim Moody has often thought about that scene while watching Mark Carney\u2019s government handle the federal budget process.<\/p>\n Read the story<\/a><\/p>\n Canadian satellite startup NorthStar on track to hit US$300-million valuation after SPAC merger<\/a><\/p>\n Montreal-based satellite startup NorthStar Earth & Space Inc. says it intends to go public on the New York Stock Exchange by merging with special acquisition purpose company Viking Acquisition Corp. I as investor interest in the space sector grows.<\/p>\n Read the story<\/a><\/p>\n The CN Tower is seen past condominiums in Toronto, Ont. <\/p>\n
Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks to journalists in the House of Commons foyer before Question Period on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on March 10. <\/p>\n
Montreal-based satellite startup NorthStar Earth & Space Inc. provides data and other services from its platform of space-based sensors. <\/p>\n
The Middle East conflict is having an immediate impact on airline pricing, especially for North American companies. <\/p>\n