You may notice a new look and feel to this publication to start 2026. Introducing – New Home+Condo Guide, GTA Edition – combining our former titles, HOMES Magazine, Condo Life and Active Life.

Atypical times such as these called for a change.

Questions, challenges and choices

Buying a new home is a major undertaking – quite likely one of the most important decisions you’ll make in your life. Doing so cannot and should not be taken lightly. Especially these days, with so many important questions, challenges and choices.

That’s where NextHome and New Home+Condo Guide comes in.

In combining our trusted publications – HOMES Magazine, Condo Life and Active Life – New Home+Condo Guide provides the ‘best of the best’ coverage in the new home, new condo and adult lifestyle categories, representing a great opportunity to learn about these three important sectors – no matter which homebuying demographic you might be in.

Our team of award-winning editors and expert columnists – with a roster of new contributors – helps demystify the need-to-know topics, to inform and educate you about industry developments, builders and developers, finance and other essential real estate related content.

Everything under one roof

Whether you’re looking to buy your first condo, upsize, downsize or otherwise learn about all things “home,” we’ve got everything here under one roof, so to speak.

Along with the important questions and choices you’ll face in your homebuying journey, there are also opportunities.

As veteran industry expert Debbie Cosic explains in her column on page 34, what we’re experiencing now is a healthy reset. Recent market conditions have warranted that “we re-sharpen skills that got rusty during the fast-paced years: Marketing better, building better, selling better and ultimately delivering a stronger product and experience for the consumer. When conditions aren’t easy, you don’t get to rely on momentum, you have to rely on skill, strategy and trust.”

On page 32, consultant Ben Myers uses his vast years of industry experience to offer six valuable “need-to-knows” about buying a home during challenging times. And on page 26, mortgage expert Jesse Abrams boils it all down to why 2026 is quietly becoming a potentially strong year for homebuyers.

Where to look and who to trust

You just need to know where to look – and what to read and which sources to trust.

Like the homebuilding industry, New Home+Condo Guide is responding to change, and we’re here to help you learn from it.