RBC
Canadian Facility Management & Design
RBC upgrading HVAC systems in bank branches
RBC plans to invest $35 million over three years to begin upgrading HVAC systems across its network of more than 1,200 retail bank branches in Canada.
Construction Business
CAF-FCA funding to help boost women in trades
The Canadian Apprenticeship Forum (CAF-FCA) announced a new partnership and $100,000 in funding from RBC to boost women in trades.
Canadian Property Management
Evolutions in payment processing
Digital payment services are a simple and highly effective means to reduce the complexities and costs of payments to suppliers. To help property managers transition to digital payment services, RBC has introduced two exclusive new services that allow them to securely automate data entry and reconciliation in near real-time: RBC® Move Money API via Interac e-Transfer(ǂ) and PayEdge.
Canadian Property Management
RBC delivers modernized payment solutions for faster, digitally-enabled experience
It takes digital solutions to move at the speed of business. And for a growing number of public and private organizations, that means beginning (or continuing) the path to payment modernization.
REMI Network
Canadians see dismal future for homeownership
Beyond the hot housing market, 36 per cent of the under-40 crowd are abandoning their dreams of ever owning a home.
CondoBusiness
Canadian home ownership dream still alive, says report
The latest RBC Economics Housing Trends and Affordability Report indicates housing affordability has improves for the second straight quarter of 2019.
CondoBusiness
Report: Condos a harder sell for Canadian renters
It's becoming harder for renting Canadians to make a move to condos. This is according to an RBC housing report that indicates the high price of single-family housing is driving demand for condos and creating intense affordability pressures.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Green buildings contribute to productivity: research
Recent research from the National Research Council of Canada and RBC found that green buildings have a positive impact on productivity for employees.
Canadian Property Management
A race against energy consumption
Over the past four years, about 69 million square feet of Toronto’s office stock participated in an ambitious challenge to lower energy usage in buildings.
CondoBusiness
Housing affordability eroded further in Q2: RBC
Excluding the Toronto and Vancouver markets, Canadian housing affordability remained relatively stable in Q2, according to an RBC Economics Research report.
CondoBusiness
Housing affordability increased in Q3: RBC
According to a recent Housing Trends and Affordability report from RBC Economics, housing affordability in Canada increased in the third quarter of 2014, despite an upward trend in house prices. Factors affecting affordability included declines in fixed mortgage rates, rising incomes and reduced utility costs, say economists.