Toronto is now a renter's market, thanks to COVID-19

Toronto is now a renter's market, thanks to COVID-19

August 24, 2020 7:09 pm EST.

According to a report, the number of condos for rent has recently shot up 45 per cent overall in Toronto and jumped 80 per cent downtown. As Pam Seatle reports, for the first time in a decade, the city is now a renter's market.

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