Home Construction

• Ottawa making financing cheaper for more builders to spur rental construction

  The effort to offer cheaper mortgage rates to more builders comes as construction costs have ballooned in recent years amid expensive materials and rising interest rates.

  Canada

  Sep 26, 2023
  
• Single-family housing starts picked up pace amid overall slowdown in August

  Canadian homebuilders slowed the pace of housing starts in August, according to the CMHC, particularly among multi-unit builds in urban areas.

  Economy

  Sep 18, 2023
  
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• 4 dead after scissor lift falls at house construction site in Quebec

  Police say the victims were atop a scissor lift several metres above the ground as they worked on a new house when the device fell over and fatally injured all four people.

  Canada

  Aug 20, 2023
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• 1 in 5 homebuilders are nixing projects amid high rates. Here are your rights

  More Canadian developers are slowing their pace of building or nixing projects completely. Here's what you need to know about your rights if you bought a pre-sale home.

  Money

  Aug 18, 2023
• Canada doesn’t have enough homes to own. Renters will pay the price

  A new housing outlook from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. shows that as homeownership remains out of reach for many, renters will face higher costs.

  Money

  Apr 27, 2023
• Multi-unit home construction continuing to rise in London, Ont.

  According to the latest Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation report, single-home construction in London is down year-over-year.

  Money

  Feb 15, 2023
• 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, 2022
• 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, 2022
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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