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Canada’s housing markets largely undervalued: RE/MAX Report

Building Feb 13, 2020

Despite the commonly held notion that housing in Canada is unaffordable, the 2020 RE/MAX Housing Affordability Report reveals that 75 per cent are currently undervalued."Despite the many challenges that continue to plague Canadians…

Real Estate

Canadian Luxury Housing Market Expected to Grow in Resale Price: Engel & Völkers Report

Building Feb 12, 2020

Engel & Völkers’ annual market report forecasts Canada to have a 4 per cent growth in the resale price, informed by strong demand drivers and 2019’s housing market resiliency.The real estate company analyzed select Canadian…

Construction

Construction Completions Closes Out the Year Strong: JLL Report

Building Feb 11, 2020

According to JLL’s latest Industrial Outlook Report, the decade closed with a surge of construction completions with nearly 9.2 million square feet added to the inventory in Q4.About one million square feet was completed this…

Construction

Canadian Construction Cost Reveals Modest Increase: RLB Report

Building Feb 10, 2020

International property and construction consultancy firm Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB) has released its new Quarterly Cost Report (QCR) for North America. While the QCR reports an increased National Construction Cost Index and a drop in…

Sustainability

Summerside to build solar farm that meets 62 percent of its electricity needs

Building Jan 26, 2020

Plans to construct a new 21-megawatt solar farm and a battery storage facility in Summerside, PEI have been announced. According to Infrastructure Canada, this renewable energy source will improve the energy efficiency of the City of…

Cities

Cities need to innovate to improve transportation and reduce emissions

Shauna Brail, University of Toronto Jan 26, 2020

Mobility is essential to urban life. It contributes to people’s ability to access work, food, education, leisure and more. It also contributes to climate change.According to C40 Cities, cities are both a significant source of challenge…

Cities

The Same Boat

Peter Sobchak Dec 20, 2019

Emergency situations due to extreme weather are moments we experience collectively, and not just on the granular community level that Michelle Xuereb eloquently discusses in her op-ed when referencing the ice storm of 2013, but also on a…

Real Estate

The Canadian Real Estate Association Updates Resale Housing Market Forecast

Building Dec 18, 2019

The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) has updated its forecast for home sales activity this year and for 2020 via the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) Systems of Canadian real estate boards and associations.Evidence suggests…

Cities

Cities Lead Fight against Climate Change and for Renewable Energy

Building Dec 3, 2019

The 2019 UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) newly released Emissions Gap Report reveals that almost 1,200 jurisdictions and local governments in 23 countries had declared a state of climate emergency by November, says international policy…

Cities

Tech hubs in smaller cities gaining traction as companies hunt for labour

Ian Bickis - The Canadian Press Nov 27, 2019

Toronto still dominates Canada's tech scene but smaller markets are making inroads as companies compete to find talent, a new report says.The report by real estate services firm CBRE notes that while Toronto's tech talent pool grew…

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