Housing Stock

• N.S. housing crunch must be treated as ‘once-in-a-generation challenge’: industry

  Statistics Canada data from July to September 2023 found that residential construction costs were up by 8.4 per cent in Halifax compared to the same quarter last year.

  Canada

  Nov 28, 2023
  
• Homebuilding costs have surged 51% since the pandemic began

  Canada's efforts to build more homes over the next decade will be hampered by soaring costs for labour and materials in construction, a new RBC report argues.

  Economy

  Jun 29, 2023
  
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• N.B. resident urges Fredericton city council to consider single-detached homes in development plans

  The City of Fredericton is developing an area on the northside and one perspective home owner hopes they'll consider adding more single-detached homes to the area.

  Politics

  Feb 14, 2023
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• Canada needs ‘all hands on deck’ to fill housing supply gap: CMHC

  Canada will be fall short of having enough affordable housing for everyone by 2030, according to a new CMHC report on the country's housing stock challenges.

  Economy

  Jun 23, 2022
• Pace of Canadian housing starts topped expectations in May

  The pace of housing starts remained hot in May, according to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp., but economists expect a cooling by next year.

  Economy

  Jun 15, 2022
• Upwards of 41% of housing in some provinces held by multiple-property owners

  The data's release comes less than a week after the federal government announced a slew of housing measures meant to make homes more affordable for first-time buyers.

  Canada

  Apr 12, 2022