The Herald is basically a homebuilder and real estate advertising paper, so I wouldn't take anything they publish as much more.
The deliberately don't give any March and Early April specific numbers, but rather lump into Q1. Well no kidding it's "continues to burn hot" if you include the previously hot months in your data
Here the data released today
“There is a pretty clear sense that the market is softening, as sales and price momentum did show signs of cooling,” Robert Kavcic, an economist at Bank of Montreal, said by email.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...sales-down-5-4
No surprise Herald trying to keep the housing FOMO going before people start to see declines sales and price softening.
Just pray inflation slows on the quick end of projections to slow raising interest rates