Sotheby’s International Realty Canada’s 2017 Year-End Top-Tier Real Estate Report highlights the latest market dynamics within each of the country’s major metropolitan top-tier real estate markets. According to the report, Canada’s top-tier real estate market, anchored by strong local and national economic fundamentals, held steadfast in face of extreme changes brought about by housing and mortgage policy shifts, rising interest rates, tightening mortgage lending policies, and transnational political and economic headwinds in 2017.