A New Year, A New Code: Ontario Approves Taller Wood Construction
On January 1, 2015, the building industry will not only be celebrating the start of a new year, but also the introduction of a new building code that will allow for six-storey wood-frame construction in Ontario. Though gaining two storeys on wooden
Top 5 real estate policies that will impact Ontario buyers in 2018
There were some game-changing moves made last year that will surely impact Ontario homebuyers in 2018. Here are five that you should know about: Principal home sales must now be reported to the CRA A capital gains tax rule
Toronto housing market supporting Ontario’s ‘vulnerable’ economy
According to a recent report from Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan, Canadian public policy think-tank, economic growth in Ontario is largely supported by the Toronto housing market. “Toronto’s hot housing market is the one leg propping up
Will Six-Storey Wood Frames Affect Affordability in Ontario?
With proposals for wooden framed buildings becoming more and more popular in architecturally forward places like Stockholm and British Columbia, it was just a matter of time before Ontario came to terms with the overall superior benefits of accepting
Share your ideas on how to increase housing supply in Ontario
The idea is that more supply will lead to lower rent. This looks like it’s just a prelude to a series of changes that could come into play with the Housing Supply Action Plan.
How Ontario can amp up affordable housing development
The key to building more affordable housing lies in the availability of public surplus lands, which is government owned land that is “vacant or underutilized, that is no longer needed to deliver government goods and services (Infrastructure Ontario).
Ontario announces $28.5 billion transit plan for the Greater Toronto Area
The provincial government announced new funding for new transit projects in the Greater Toronto Area, and it’s supposedly the largest investment ever to get new subways built.
Arista Homes offers the best customer service in Ontario!
If you’re wondering which builder in Ontario offers the best customer service, the answer is officially Arista Homes, who recently received the Tarion 2017 Homeowners’ Choice Award, Large Volume Builder of the Year. “Providing exceptional customer
Toronto Green Homes Summit: Raising awareness about sustainable building in Ontario
(L-R) Chris Higgins, Green Building Planner & Policy Analyst, City of Vancouver; Michael Parker, Board Chair of the CaGBC-GTC; Dana Sperling, Education Manager, CaGBC-GTC; Patsy Duffy, Executive Director, Sustainable Housing Foundation; John Bell,
Surprise: Toronto far from Ontario’s top sellers’ market
According to the Canadian Real Estate Association, an SNLR between 40 – 60% is considered a balanced market, with below and above that threshold indicating buyers’ and sellers’ conditions, respectively.
