home construction

Record-setting year for residential construction industry: CHBA report

By:Building .caPosted: Jun 25th, 2022In: ConstructionNews

The Canadian Home Builders’ Association (CHBA) has released its annual report on the performance of Canada’s residential construction industry, which according to the association, details a record-setting year for the industry in its contribution to[...]

Alberta housing starts rebound to 2015 levels as oil prices surge

By:Building .caPosted: Jun 21st, 2022In: ConstructionNews

CALGARY – Alberta’s cities are once again abuzz with the sound of hammers and saws as surging oil prices fuel a fresh building boom in the province. According to Statistics Canada, housing starts in Alberta,[...]

Home Building, Construction and RE Groups Congratulate Ford’s PC Party

By:Building .caPosted: Jun 3rd, 2022In: ConstructionNews

Various construction, home building and real estate organizations have come forward and congratulated Ontario’s Premier Doug Ford and the PC’s for being re-elected. The Progressive Conservatives cruised to a second majority government Thursday. Doug Ford’s[...]

GTA new home market slows down in April: BILD

By:Building .caPosted: May 25th, 2022In: ConstructionNews

The GTA new home market showed signs of slowing down in April from the exceptionally strong pace of the past year, the Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) announced today. Total April new home[...]

OREA Calls on Provincial Parties to Prioritize Housing Policies

By:Building .caPosted: May 15th, 2022In: ConstructionNews

According to the Ontario Real Estate Association, with the Canadian dream of home ownership on life support in Ontario, Ontario REALTORS are calling on all political parties and candidates running in the 2022 Ontario election[...]

Promise tracker: What the Ontario parties are pitching on the campaign trail

By:Building .caPosted: May 14th, 2022In: ConstructionNews

TORONTO – A running list of election promises announced by the Progressive Conservatives, NDP, Liberals and Greens in Ontario since late March: Progressive Conservatives May 9: Increase disability support payment rates by five per cent[...]

Ontario NDP, Tories promise to boost housing supply through differing measures

By:Building .caPosted: May 9th, 2022In: ConstructionNews

Ontario’s New Democrats and Progressive Conservatives are both promising to build 1.5 million homes in 10 years, with housing affordability becoming one of the main election issues in a province grappling with a dearth of[...]

Ontario Home Builders’ Association Welcomes Provincial Budget

By:Building .caPosted: Apr 30th, 2022In: ConstructionNews

According to the Ontario Home Builders’ Association (OHBA), the Ontario government’s 2022 Ontario budget lays out a path forward to build more housing supply and choice across the province. The OHBA states that the budget,[...]

Apartment, row house growth outpaces single detached homes: census

By:Building .caPosted: Apr 29th, 2022In: ConstructionNews

TORONTO – Single-detached houses are still the most plentiful type of housing in Canada, but apartments and row houses are slowly catching up, the latest census data reveals. The figures released by Statistics Canada on[...]

Trudeau says budget measures will help Canadians weather Bank of Canada rate hike

By:Building .caPosted: Apr 14th, 2022In: ConstructionNews

LAVAL, Que. – Measures in the recently tabled federal budget such as a tax-free savings account for first-time homebuyers will help Canadians weather the Bank of Canada’s new interest rate hike, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday. Earlier[...]