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2021 home sales set new record, tops previous high by 20 per cent: CREA

By:Building .caPosted: Jan 18th, 2022In: ConstructionNews

The Canadian Real Estate Association says annual home sales reached a new high in 2021, eclipsing the previous record set in 2020 by about 20 per cent. The association said Monday that about 667,000 residential[...]

Feds give co operative housing providers extra help to ease rental costs

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

Toronto housing co-operative ’60 Richmond East Housing Co-op’ is an urban in-fill project that incorporates a dynamic building program and LEED initiatives, designed by Teeple Architects Inc.. (Photo: by Shai Gil via TeepleArch.com) OTTAWA –[...]

Feds name housing priorities, eye foreign buyers ban on non recreational residences

By:Building .caPosted: Dec 18th, 2021In: ConstructionNews

Justin Trudeau has handed his housing minister a series of tasks – including some targeting foreign buyers – in an attempt to make home ownership a reality for more Canadians. In a mandate letter sent[...]

New home prices increase nationally in October

By:Building .caPosted: Nov 20th, 2021In: ConstructionNews

According to the Statistics Canada ‘New Housing Price Index, October 2021’, new home prices increased 0.9% in October nationally, slightly higher than the rise observed over the past four months. Prices were up in 15 of the 27 census metropolitan[...]

Record High Q3 for GTA New Condo Sales: Urbanation

By:Building .caPosted: Nov 8th, 2021In: ConstructionNews

According to data from the recently released Urbanation Inc., Q3-2021 Condominium Market Survey, new condominium apartment sales in the Greater Toronto Area totaled 7,773 units during the third quarter of 2021, increasing 22% year-over-year from[...]

Nova Scotia housing plan includes temporary rent cap, $35 million for new units

By:Building .caPosted: Oct 21st, 2021In: ConstructionNews

HALIFAX – A temporary rent cap will be legislated as part of a wide-ranging government plan to address Nova Scotia’s lack of affordable housing. The Progressive Conservative government introduced a plan Wednesday that also includes[...]

Chantal Hébert – In Pursuit of Housing: The Impact of Canada’s Federal Election

By:Building .caPosted: Oct 16th, 2021In: ConstructionNews

Welcome to CREA’s REAL TIME – a podcast dedicated to sparking conversations with inspiring people about all things Canadian real estate and impacts to REALTORS® and Canadians. Canadians have had their say in Canada’s 44th[...]

Nova Scotia throne speech talks health care reforms, but says little on housing

By:Building .caPosted: Oct 15th, 2021In: ConstructionNews

Agricola Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia (photo: Citobun via Wikimedia Commons) HALIFAX – Nova Scotia’s new government said Tuesday finding solutions for the province’s ailing health system is its top priority, but opposition parties said the[...]

Durham Region to take Brock to court regarding housing project delay

By:Building .caPosted: Oct 15th, 2021In: ConstructionNews

Reiderman Residence (Vancouver) Photo Credit: NRB Modular Solutions THE STANDARD NEWSPAPER BROCK: The Region of Durham is taking the Township of Brock to court over the dispute regarding the Beaverton supportive housing project.[...]

OREA calls for end to exclusionary single family zoning in high demand areas

By:Building .caPosted: Sep 30th, 2021In: ConstructionNews

The Ontario Real Estate Association (OREA) is calling on the Government of Ontario to cut red tape and build on the successful More Homes, More Choice Act, 2019 by ending Ontario’s exclusionary single-family zoning rules[...]