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Murtaza Haider

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Covers:  urban economics, housing markets, transportation planning and engineering, higher education, real estate
Academic & a columnist for the Financial Post. Researches real estate & transport markets. Author: Getting Started w/ Data Science (goo.gl/9iXM2h).

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Murtaza Haider is a columnist on real estate markets with the Financial Post/National Post. He is also an associate professor at the Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University, in Toronto. Murtaza researches housing markets, transport planning, and infrastructure planning and development. His research interests also include human development in Canada and South Asia.

Murtaza is the author of “Getting Started with Data Science: Making Sense of Data with Analytics” which was published i…

Murtaza Haider’s Journalist Portfolio

Urban Analytics Institute

Urban Analytics Institute

FOSTERING DATA DRIVEN INSIGHTS AND SOLUTIONS TO URBAN ISSUES

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Regionomics | Accessibility, Equity, Mobility

Regionomics | Accessibility, Equity, Mobility

Regionomics Inc. is a Canadian consultancy specializing in data analytics and the analysis of urban systems. …

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Haider-Moranis Bulletin

Haider-Moranis Bulletin

The Haider-Moranis Bulletin is a weekly look at the ideas and the economics shaping Canada's real estate mark…

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Murtaza Haider

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The needless debate over infill vs. outfill housing development

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By Murtaza Haider Verified, Stephen Moranis
| Financial Post Verified
Skip to Content Analysis of demographics suggests Canada need not choose one development mode over another A transit-focused infill strategy alone will not eliminate the need to construct millions of new homes for growing families in regions where land remains relatively inexpensive and plentiful. There is little doubt Canada needs more housing. Most advocates and experts agree on that point.
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C. Jotin Khisty - The Engineer Who Talked Poetry, Not Just Traffic

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By Murtaza Haider Verified
| LinkedIn
I only met him once, decades ago. But that meeting left me inspired and delighted. Professor Jotin Khisty was a professor emeritus of transportation engineering at the Illinois Institute of Technology. I ran into him years ago at the Transportation Research Board conference in Washington, D.C., alongside my dear colleague from McGill University , Professor Madhav Badami. We sat with Jotin because I was genuinely thrilled to see him.
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More evidence that increasing new housing supply improves affordability

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By Murtaza Haider Verified, Stephen Moranis
| RHB Magazine Verified
Posted in The real risk isn’t overbuilding but underbuilding, leading to exclusion, overcrowding and declining affordability By Murtaza Haider and Stephen Moranis, Published May 29, 2026 Building enough housing to keep pace with population growth is vital for affordability. Critics of supply-side solutions say new homes often cost more and don’t meet the needs of low- to middle-income households.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Reporter, The Frontier Post (Islamabad, 1992)

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes. From 1988 to 1993.

How is social media changing news?

It is involving more with news, but is contributing to even shorter attention spans. The nuances are lost on social media consumers.
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