Gerry Narciso, Sales Representative

One in five home purchases is made by new Canadians, a Royal LePage survey found.

Search interest in split-level homes has been climbing since 2004 and reached an all-time high in January 2017, according to Google data. The largest increases over the past year came during May and July.

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The Canadian Real Estate Association says the number of home sales was up 12.9 per cent nationally in October compared with the same month last year.