Bleak Outlook for New Home Construction in Ontario and BC as Builder Confidence Remains Low: CHBA
Posted: Apr 29th, 2025In: ConstructionNewsSince dropping from the post-pandemic highs in 2021 and early 2022, the Canadian Home Builders’ Association (CHBA) 2025 Q1 Housing Market Index (HMI) is in its eleventh quarter of negative sentiment. CHBA’s single-family HMI is[...]
Read More about Bleak Outlook for New Home Construction in Ontario and BC as Builder Confidence Remains Low: CHBAOntario construction unemployment rate edges up: OCS
Posted: Apr 19th, 2025In: ConstructionNewsPhoto by Quang Nguyen Vinh from Pexels The annual Ontario Construction Secretariat (OCS) Contractor Survey has found that construction employment contracted -4.1 per cent year-over-year in March while the labour force fell at a slower rate[...]
Read More about Ontario construction unemployment rate edges up: OCSB.C. touts speed of major housing program to mark one-year anniversary
Posted: Apr 17th, 2025In: ConstructionNewsConstruction workers are seen outside a Concert Properties condo development under construction, in North Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday, July 25, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck British Columbia’s government celebrated the first anniversary of one of[...]
Read More about B.C. touts speed of major housing program to mark one-year anniversaryInnovative Design Partnership Launches More Sustainable Concrete Brick
Posted: Apr 2nd, 2025In: ConstructionNewsDUAL concrete brick prototype, Metric Norman format, Zurich colour. Photo credit: Virginie Gosselin An architecture firm, a builder, and a product manufacturer are joining forces to launch a range of products designed to accelerate the[...]
Read More about Innovative Design Partnership Launches More Sustainable Concrete BrickAffordability Has Worsened Due to Municipal Development Charges and Delays: CHBA
Posted: Apr 1st, 2025In: ConstructionNewsThe Canadian Homebuilders’ Association (CHBA) has released its 2024 Municipal Benchmarking Study that examines how local development processes, approvals, and charges impact housing affordability and housing supply in major housing markets across Canada. The study examines[...]
Read More about Affordability Has Worsened Due to Municipal Development Charges and Delays: CHBAAnnual OCS survey finds contractors expecting continued business growth in 2025
Posted: Mar 27th, 2025In: ConstructionNewsOntario non-residential building contractors remain confident in continued business growth throughout 2025, despite an uncertain political landscape to start the year, the annual Ontario Construction Secretariat Contractor Survey found. The survey, which was released at[...]
Read More about Annual OCS survey finds contractors expecting continued business growth in 2025GTA must adjust housing mix to accommodate demographic shifts: BILD
Posted: Mar 22nd, 2025In: ConstructionNewsA report by the Missing Middle Initiative, commissioned for the Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) and the Ontario Home Builders’ Association (OHBA), highlights the need to increase the rate of building and focus[...]
Read More about GTA must adjust housing mix to accommodate demographic shifts: BILDOntario Contractors Remain Confident Amid Risks and Uncertainty: OCS
Posted: Mar 12th, 2025In: ConstructionNewsPhoto by Pixabay from Pexels The annual Ontario Construction Secretariat (OCS) Contractor Survey has found that Ontario non-residential building contractors remain confident in continued business growth through 2025, despite an uncertain political landscape to start[...]
Read More about Ontario Contractors Remain Confident Amid Risks and Uncertainty: OCSBuilders warn that Trump tariffs will drive up housing prices on both sides of border
Posted: Mar 6th, 2025In: ConstructionNewsImage credit: RESCON The Residential Construction Council of Ontario (RESCON) is warning that tariffs imposed by the Trump administration will lead to price hikes for building materials and raise the price of a new home in[...]
Read More about Builders warn that Trump tariffs will drive up housing prices on both sides of borderManitoba prosecutors take second look, say no charges coming in construction project
Posted: Mar 5th, 2025In: ConstructionNewsThe Manitoba flag flies on Monday, Nov. 1, 2021 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld Manitoba prosecutors have decided, for a second time, to not pursue criminal charges in the case of a construction project that ran[...]
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