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Toronto home sales down 49% from last year, new listings hit October 2010 low
TORONTO — The sales slump in the Greater Toronto Area deepened last month with half the number of transactions compared with a year earlier and new listings dropping to a level not seen in more than a decade, the Toronto Regional Real…
Call for Submissions: Ordre des architectes du Québec 2023 Awards of Excellence
Applications for the Ordre des architectes du Québec (OAQ) 2023 Awards of Excellence have officially opened until January 30, 2023. The organization is offering a reduced price for architects who submit a file before December 15, 2022.…
In Memoriam: A.J. Diamond, 1932 – 2022
The Canadian architecture and design industry lost a titan with the passing of Abel Joseph "Jack" Diamond on Sunday afternoon, October 30, one week shy of his 90th birthday.Donald Schmitt, principal and co-founder of Diamond…
Calgary sales fall 15% in Oct., but on track for record year: real estate board
CALGARY — The Calgary Real Estate Board says the city is on track to record a record year for home sales, even as the number of transactions in October fell 15 per cent from the year before.The Alberta board says October sales totalled…
Manitoba government says new money will reduce homelessness, help low income people
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government offered more money Monday to fight homelessness and help people struggling to pay rent.Among the changes is a doubling of annual subsidies to shelters, transitional housing services and homeless…
Empty buildings consume more energy than you think
Buildings consume more energy when empty or partially occupied for extended periods because they are designed to depend on human interactions.
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Farzam Kharvari, Carleton UniversityOver the past few decades, the booming…
BC Construction Association releases fall 2022 statistics report
According to statistics reported in the Fall 2022 BC Construction Association (BCCA) Industry Stat Pack, investment in the industrial, commercial, and institutional (ICI) construction sectors is down 10.9 per cent since February 2020, while…
OAA Reviewing Ontario’s New Housing Legislation
According to a release from the Ontario Association of Architects (OAA), housing affordability remains one of the biggest challenges in the province, and association acknowledges that the provincial government is touting Bill 23, More…
Average one bedroom condo rent soars 20% from last year: Toronto real estate board
TORONTO — The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board says the average cost for a one-bedroom condo soared by more than 20 per cent to $2,481 between the third quarter of this year and the same period last year.The board says the average…
Tory vows to use strong mayor powers to get new housing division operating fast
Toronto Mayor John Tory says he will use so-called strong mayor powers to create a new division at city hall to streamline housing development.We need to get more housing built faster.
As promised in my Five Point Housing Plan, we…