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Built Green Canada partnership brings performance-based water rating to Canada

Building Nov 8, 2018

Built Green Canada has partnered with the Green Builder Coalition to bring performance-based water efficiency to Canada through its third-party certification programs’ water conservation section.Though parts of Canada, and the world, are…

Real Estate

Canadian real estate prices per square foot varied by region over the last year

Building Nov 7, 2018

A nationwide study conducted by CENTURY 21 Canada reveals that trends in real estate prices per square foot have been fickle for the last year – soft in some cities but stable in others, even varying from suburb-to-suburb in some cases.…

Architecture

Montreal ‘shoebox’ homes highlight challenges of urban heritage preservation

Morgan Lowrie - THE CANADIAN PRESS Oct 29, 2018

MONTREAL – A Montreal borough's quest to preserve its humble ``shoebox'' homes is highlighting the challenges that come with trying to balance heritage preservation with homeowners' rights in a growing city. Officials in Rosemont have…

Real Estate

Average Montreal home prices reach record high in October, says real estate board

Ross Marowits - THE CANADIAN PRESS Nov 7, 2017

MONTREAL – Average Montreal island home prices hit a record high of almost $500,000 in October, rising 12.7 per cent from the prior year, the area's real estate board said Monday.Single family homes in the city and suburbs saw price…

Construction

Toronto, Vancouver home sales above average in October, real estate boards say

By Aleksandra Sagan - THE CANADIAN PRESS Nov 3, 2017

VANCOUVER – Canada's two hottest housing markets experienced above-average home sales last month, according to local real estate board figures, as buyers appear to be snapping up properties ahead of new mortgage requirements in January.…

Building

Fraser Institute: OSFI’s proposed mortgage stress test is unnecessary, harmful

THE CANADIAN PRESS Oct 11, 2017

TORONTO – A new stress test for all uninsured mortgages is unnecessary and could increase costs for homebuyers, a report by the Fraser Institute said Wednesday.Study author Neil Mohindra wrote the proposed stress test ``will do more harm…

Building

CMHC says pace of housing starts slowed in September as multi unit starts slipped

The Canadian Press Oct 11, 2017

OTTAWA – The pace of housing starts in Canada slowed in September compared with August, but stayed over 200,000 for the fourth month in a row.Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. said Tuesday the seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing…

Building

Montreal area home sales hit eight year high for September, rising six per cent

By Ross Marowits – THE CANADIAN PRESS Oct 5, 2017

MONTREAL – The real estate market in Greater Montreal matched September's heat wave with sales reaching an eight-year high for the month.The Greater Montreal Real Estate Board says 2,893 residential sales were completed last month, a six…