Shane Dingman

Reporter with The Globe and Mail

[Scott Ingram REALTOR® @areacode416]

Noticed in TRREB's 2025 financial statements that membership declined by 4,200 members year over year.

Less transactions, working longer to sell places, declining prices are all making the career less attractive to some. The culling of the herd...

[Shane Dingman @shanedingman]

@DougSaunders Supply is also a planning and political problem, as is immigration.

[Daniel Foch @danielfoch]

Ontario just hit a two-year high for power of sale listings.

That’s not just a distressed-sale story. It’s a leading signal for mortgage stress across Canada.

Power of sale and foreclosure listings tend to show where stress becomes visible before it hits the broader delinquency data.

#CanadianRealEstate #OntarioRealEstate #PowerOfSale #MortgageStress #HousingMarket

[John Pasalis @JohnPasalis]

“We’re getting new calls every week from people that have a home underwater and are falling behind on their mortgage payments”

[Tom Parkin @TomPark1n]

Bankruptcies up 29% in Ontario Mar 2026 compared to Mar 2025, biggest jump in Canada

Nova Scotia second at 21%

[John Pasalis @JohnPasalis]

In case it's still not obvious

Our federal and provincial governments are handing over Billions of dollars in tax breaks to corporations

So they can buy up all the homes that Canadian households can't afford

[Shane Dingman @shanedingman]

@Patrick_ORourke WHAT'S UP GUYS!!!

[Shane Dingman @shanedingman]

Cathal Kelly doing the thing he does so well: "On Monday night, the Leafs were the biggest uncontrolled burn in professional sports. The smoke rising from 50 Bay St. was visible from space." https://t.co/oslSOIsXEi

[Gil Meslin @g_meslin]

Yes, that would include almost the entirety of the Toronto Islands.

[Shane Dingman @shanedingman]

Ford Air today, gone tomorrow… the “gravy plane” is pretty clever!

[Laura Stone @l_stone]

#BREAKING: Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government is selling its $28.9 million private jet, a senior government source tells The Globe. The purchase set off a firestorm of criticism when the Star revealed it last week. with critics calling it “the gravy plane.” #onpoli

[Daniel Foch @danielfoch]

One of those rare moments where the government says the quiet part out loud:

Helping people buy homes can actually make housing less affordable.

Not because the intention is bad.
But because supply can’t keep up with demand created.
CMHC just modeled it in this article:

"Good intentions gone rogue: Why demand-side interventions need to be targeted and offset with supply"

https://t.co/dM3anU7gl4

[Shane Dingman @shanedingman]

Hard not to think of how many Science Centre roofs could be fixed instead of buying a jet for Doug Ford’s use:

[Laura Stone @l_stone]

NEW: Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s office has confirmed @robertbenzie’s scoop - the government has purchased a 2016 $28.9 million jet for the Premier’s travel #onpoli

[Shane Dingman @shanedingman]

Doug Ford was elected premier in Ontario decrying wasteful spending including the “6-million-dollar man” Hydro One CEO… and now he buys Ford Air, a $28.9-million jet:
https://t.co/SR03I0b2Dd

[Shane Dingman @shanedingman]

As usual JMM grasps the nettle... when you look closely minimum lot sizes are a proxy for using planning to create neighbourhoods where only certain size homes can be built, and if those homes are bigger than many can afford that's just the market. Which planners created!

[John Michael McGrath @jm_mcgrath]

Bit of a longer one from me at TVO, on what a dispute between Toronto and Ontario on lot size rules tells us about the differences between planners (broadly defined) and YIMBYs. https://t.co/fCTi3ZUscg

[Shane Dingman @shanedingman]

@beheshtialex @TorontoStar There's a lot of truth to what you say... and I think there's a natural fear of gigantic pools of money buying up lots of the things people want. A family will never be able to outbid that a big buyer. But does a renter care who owns it? Probably, yes, tho for different reasons.

[Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy]

Ford government bans all high school valedictorian speeches that include the words "bicycle", "nature", "healthcare", "education", "opinion" or "sobriety."
https://t.co/q9DW2TvrGl

[Emma McIntosh @EmmaMci]

An update to the story below: Canada’s anti-money laundering watchdog, Fintrac, has embarked on an enforcement sweep following our reporting, revoking the registrations of nearly three dozen cryptocurrency businesses.

[Robyn Urback @RobynUrback]

From the AG report on reforms to Canada's international student program. Total loss of control, an utter boondoggle, illustrated in one handy chart