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Ontario must encourage factory-built housing industry: OREA

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Ontario must encourage factory-built housing industry: OREA

Factory-built homes can play a part in reducing housing costs in Ontario by rapidly introducing more supply, according to a report by the Ontario Real Estate Association (OREA).

This house may hold the key to Canada’s building strategy

A prefabricated house, which went up in Toronto in three days last month, shows how the building technique can also combat climate change by making homes that are ultra-energy efficient, resilient to extreme weather and even healthier for inhabitants.

Housing was poised for a comeback before trade war jitters

Over the past quarter-century, Canada’s housing market has brushed off every crisis that has come its way. It may finally have met its match in the erratic policies of U.S. President Donald Trump.

Saskatchewan leads country in urban housing starts growth

Urban housing starts in Saskatchewan jumped by 96.5 per cent in Q1 compared to the same period last year — the highest growth rate among all provinces, according to new data released by Statistics Canada.

Winnipeg bylaws can't curb short-term rentals: condo owners

A year after the City of Winnipeg introduced bylaws to regulate short-term housing rentals, residents in a downtown condo building say the rules have done little to stop their home from becoming a "ghost hotel".

Housing near Calgary sees rising inventories and prices

Calgary Real Estate Board statistics for March show inventory rose substantially in many markets, amid diverging sales trends depending on the market. But every community saw increases in benchmark price.

What to know about Ottawa's new zoning bylaws

Ottawa's overhaul includes amended zoning allowances for transit hubs, main street zones, minor corridors and neighbourhood mixed-use zones, along with industrial and transportation zones, zones for institutional, recreation and green space, and “special districts” for areas like the ByWard Market.

101 years, 1 house

A London, Ont. woman who lived in the same house in the city's Carling Heights neighbourhood for 101 years before selling it last fall has been recognized for her long stewardship of the property.

4-storey Toronto apartment complex on sale for $4.25M

Toronto's 9 A&B Humewood Dr. is one of those apartment buildings that packs a punch. It features hardwood floors, fireplaces, crown moulding, vintage clawfoot tubs, stained glass windows and professionally landscaped grounds.

‘Mom-and-pop’ landlords ‘having their lives ruined’

Over the last four years alone, Bradford, Ont. landlords have been dealing with almost $1 million in unpaid rent, and the system that handles those issues is due for change, according to Small Ownership Landlords Ontario.

Non-profit housing construction is gaining ground in Toronto

While affordable rental housing still accounts for a sliver of Toronto’s total housing development, it made up a larger portion of overall housing starts across Toronto last year, city and federal data shows.

Who gets into Vancouver’s ‘below-market’ rental apartments?

COLUMN: A difficult task awaits those deciding who will be, in a sense, the fortunate ones allowed to rent a lower-cost unit in the many new apartment buildings coming within the boundaries of Vancouver’s vast Broadway plan.

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