Trudeau’s housing strategy triggered an Alberta construction boom that isn’t slowing down
The federal Liberals offered tax incentives and funding in an effort to build more housing as rent prices soared and supply ...
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B.C. housing innovators striving for faster, cheaper homes — and happier residents
B.C. has long had some of Canada’s worst housing challenges. The province is home to only about 14 per cent of Canada’s ...
Bank of Canada rate cut won’t motivate many buyers to wade into the slow housing market, experts say
Regional vice-president at Equifax Canada says home sellers and buyers would rather put plans on hold until the economic ...
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Canada ‘absolutely’ can’t build more houses without more immigrants, minister says
Miller said around 60 per cent of new immigrants to Canada are economic migrants, many of whom are the kind of skilled workers needed to build more housing. Family reunification visas account for ...
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Metal Tariffs Will Turbocharge Canada’s Housing Crisis
Before Donald Trump started threatening tariffs, housing starts across Canada were already slow. Last year, only 245,000 ...
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No one likes uncertainty: Here's how Trump's proposed tariffs on Canadian lumber will impact the Berkshires' housing market
The lumber and building industry is reeling from President Trump’s on-again, off-again threat to impose a 25 percent tariff ...
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Canada’s housing crisis can be solved, and here’s how
This imbalance has fueled a critical shortage of rental options across the housing spectrum in Canada. “Decades of escalating fees and construction costs have led to a significant reduction ...
How tariffs on Canada will make new housing more expensive in New England
Much of the softwood lumber and mass timber that goes into apartment buildings in Massachusetts comes from Canada, as does ...
Federal government releases 49 standardized housing templates for Canada's builders
Through CMHC, the federal government has created 49 design templates for its Housing Design Catalogue to improve housing ...
Tariffs could play a significant role in an already shaky housing market
President Donald Trump's tariffs on Canada have caused lumber prices to rise, with homebuilders warning that the higher ...