News of the day: Spring real estate, Toronto condo market, federal budget update, NorthStar valuation, vacation planning and more

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Spring housing marketCanada'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. Photo by Financial Post photo illustration/Getty Images

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Spring is traditionally when Canada’s housing market shifts into high gear. But this year it’s idling, despite four consecutive years of price reductions nationally.

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The CN Tower is seen past condominiums in Toronto, Ont. The CN Tower is seen past condominiums in Toronto, Ont. Photo by Cole Burston/Bloomberg files

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Canada’s largest condominium market has “hit bottom” 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.

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Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks to journalists in the House of Commons foyer before Question Period on Parliament Hill in Ottawa March 10, 2026. Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks to journalists in the House of Commons foyer before Question Period on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on March 10. Photo by Blair Gable/Postmedia

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There’s a scene in the 1988 comedy The Naked Gun where Leslie Nielsen’s Lt. Frank Drebin waves his arms in front of a fireworks factory that has just exploded and calmly tells the horrified crowd, “Nothing to see here, please disperse.” Kim Moody has often thought about that scene while watching Mark Carney’s government handle the federal budget process.

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Earth Montreal-based satellite startup NorthStar Earth & Space Inc. provides data and other services from its platform of space-based sensors. Photo by Handout /NASA

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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.

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Summer air travel The Middle East conflict is having an immediate impact on airline pricing, especially for North American companies. Photo by Getty Images

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Planning a cost-effective vacation this summer increasingly feels like betting on the commodities market, as oil prices rise and fall based on global geopolitical winds. Statistics Canada reported this week that airfares rose in March for the first time in two years, as the Iran war roiled oil prices.

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