BCCA takes builder training online
With the arrival of social distancing, the British Columbia Construction Association (BCCA) has taken its Builders Code training online and made it available for free to builders across the country.

Home price outlook a guess at best
Average home prices in Canada increased in April—despite the most dramatic plunge in housing sales ever seen.



Vancouver home prices keep rising
Housing sales across B.C.’s Lower Mainland cratered in April—the first full month since the COVID-19 crisis hit, but benchmark prices increased in both Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley from a year earlier.

Ontario sheds 93,800 construction jobs
The Canadian economy lost nearly two million jobs in April for a total of more than three million since February. A further 2.5 million people are employed but working fewer than half their usual hours since February.

Ontario sheds 93,800 construction jobs
The Canadian economy lost nearly two million jobs in April for a total of more than three million since February. A further 2.5 million people are employed but working fewer than half their usual hours since February.
Housing starts holding firm, for now
Canadian housing starts maintained a stable pace in April, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (CMHC), which noted that if Quebec were excluded due to a partial ban on con-struction because of the pandemic, April’s housing starts trend would be 155,995—up from a pace of 153,463 a month earlier.

Housing starts will fall: Moody’s
The annualized pace of housing starts in Canada will drop 30 per cent in the second half of 2020 and remain muted for at least a year, with Western provinces taking the worst hit, according to Moody’s Analytics.

Edmonton developer wins global award
Edmonton land developer Beaverbrook Communities has beaten out eight finalists from around the world to win the prestigious Global Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) International Award for Planning Excellence.

Ottawa plan could cover half your business rent
Contractors and home builders who rent commercial space could share in the new Canada Emergency Rent Assistance program, which will lower rent payments by 75 per cent for small businesses hit by COVID-19 for the next three months.

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