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CGC creates lighter, more sustainable wallboard for housing
CGC creates lighter, more sustainable wallboard for housing
CGC Inc. is working to lower the embodied carbon in housing and other forms of building construction through its line of gypsum wallboard products, vice president Sid Tetz told RENX Homes.
Homebuilders anxious for details on federal prefab policy
Three weeks ago, Prime Minister Mark Carney launched the $13-billion Build Canada Homes program. Since then, modular homebuilders have been scrambling for scarce details on how the program will work and where they will fit in.
Bad house-building firms are being approved, AG finds
Construction companies with a history of building faulty homes are being fast-tracked for licenses by the provincial regulatory authority created to hold builders to account, according to Ontario Auditor General (AG) Shelley Spence.
iPro agents say tax payments are missing
Andrea Beitel, a former iPro Realty Ltd. agent who used the brokerage's tax remittance program for the past two years, says neither the CRA nor RECO have answers about what happened to the money intended for taxes.
Montreal-area home sales up 11% in September
The Quebec Professional Association of Real Estate Brokers says Montreal-area home sales rose 11 per cent in September from a year earlier. There were 3,520 total sales in the month in the Montreal census metropolitan area.
Calgary real estate sees 36% spike in supply
Calgary recorded 1,720 sales against 3,782 new listings, driving inventory to 6,916 units — 36 per cent higher than a year ago and more than 17 per cent above typical September levels, according to the Calgary Real Estate Board.
Weak sales, rising listings push toward B.C. buyer’s market
B.C.’s housing market momentum was positive in August as it firmed following tariff uncertainty in the spring, but conditions remained weak. Sales were 20 per cent below the pre-pandemic trend, and an underlying downward trend in home values continued.
‘Micro-bursts’ of intense demand popping up in Ottawa
Ottawa’s housing market is holding its ground despite broader slowdowns, with bidding wars erupting in some of the top neighbourhoods, even as overall inventory climbs to its highest level in seven years.
Home affordability is improving, but not everywhere: PBO
As Parliamentarians spar over how to make housing more affordable, the federal government's interim Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) is reporting significant progress in closing that affordability gap nationally. The picture, however, looks very different across the country.
'We can no longer build what people can afford'
Vancouver's real estate executives warn of a glut of newly built condos sitting unsold and empty. Anne McMullin, president and CEO of Urban Development Institute, says the reason is that condos cost more to build than local residents can afford.
The financial planning implications of home-sale struggles
Advisors across Canada are encountering clients whose financial plans — driven by reasons such as retirement or transitions following the loss of a spouse or a new job — hinge on a real estate sale that may now be facing unexpected delays.
Some agents turn to a patron saint amid real estate downturn
According to lore, St. Joseph’s association with real estate likely dates to the Middle Ages, when a nun seeking premises for a new convent buried a medal of St. Joseph and prayed for assistance. Similar practices continue today.
Industry Events
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Ottawa Real Estate Forum
Oct 09 2025
Rogers Centre, Ottawa
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Saskatchewan Real Estate Forum
Oct 16 2025
TCU Place, Saskatoon
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BUILDEX Alberta
Oct 22 2025
to Oct 23 2025
BMO Centre at Stampede Park, Calgary
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Calgary Real Estate Forum
Oct 29 2025
BMO Centre Expansion, Stampede Grounds
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Atlantic Real Estate Forum
Nov 04 2025
Halifax Convention Centre
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