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• Here’s how high interest rates are impacting Canada’s condo demand

  Builders in Toronto and other major cities are feeling less confident about condo projects and are scaling back development plans as interest rates and building costs rise.

  Money

  Aug 6
  
• Canada’s pace of new builds slowed in June, housing agency says

  The pace of homebuilding in Canada hit a summer slowdown in June, according to the CMHC, which reported new housing start data on Monday.

  Economy

  Jul 18
  
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• Laval families livid, fear loss of life savings following developer’s bankruptcy

  Mohammad Hori is one of more than 100 families who allege that they have lost tens of thousands of dollars each to developer Bel-Habitat for the construction of homes in Laval.

  Consumer

  Jul 6, 2021
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• Sky-rocketing lumber prices shock renovators: ‘It’s ridiculous’

  Sky-rocketing lumber prices are causing sticker shock for some hoping to renovate.

  Canada

  Apr 15, 2021
• City councillor frustrated over lack of public access to northwest Calgary park

  A new Calgary development will add 19,000 people to the area but a park by the new community is not accessible to the public from city land.

  Canada

  Jan 23, 2021
• House prices in Canada’s largest cities expected to drop amid ‘severe declines’ in sales, construction: CMHC

  Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the market likely won't see a return to pre-pandemic levels before the end of 2022.

  Canada

  Jun 23, 2020
• Home-building materials questioned after massive Calgary storm damage

  Questions are being raised about how well home-building materials used in Canada can weather violent storms.

  Consumer

  Jun 16, 2020
• P.E.I. housing shortage continues despite record year in construction

  Sam Sanderson, general manager of the P.E.I. Construction Association, said many builders are fully booked for new home construction until 2021.

  Politics

  Mar 3, 2020
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• Changes to B.C. building code address secondary suites, energy efficiency

  The change will give local governments the choice to allow secondary suites in side-by-side multi-family buildings such as duplexes, townhouses and row housing.

  Nov 23, 2019
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• Elderly Alberta couple says dream home is now a nightmare to live in

  It was their retirement dream home but now an elderly couple in Thorhild County, Alta. say they are trapped living in dangerous construction zone.

  Consumer

  Jun 18, 2019