Canada's new mortgage and down payment rules are now in effect. Here's what you need to know

Among the changes are an increase to the price cap on mortgages insured against default.

It's been a sluggish year for Toronto real estate — so why have these home stagers never done better?

'We've added 20 per cent to our bottom line,' says Carmen Wageman, as home staging thrives while sales have plummeted.

Green plants and big art: How the powerful psychology of home staging lures in buyers

It's all about imagining the 'aspirational lifestyle,' says an academic who studies the psychology behind home staging.

Do you think you have the eye to be a home stager? Take our quiz

Upholstered chairs or wood? Abstract art or photography? Which pieces would you pick to stage a single-family home in midtown?