Posts Tagged ‘housing supply’
Dim outlook for new home construction in Ontario and BC as sentiment in Canada’s new home construction industry stays in near record-low territory
CHBA’s 2025 Q1 Housing Market Index (HMI) is in its eleventh quarter of negative sentiment since dropping from the post-pandemic highs in 2021 and early 2022. While industry sentiment has been low for eleven quarters, builders have typically remained optimistic that future sales would be an improvement over their current sales conditions (though still in negative territory). However, that optimism has dissolved.
Read MoreCHBA’s Municipal Benchmarking Study Shows Housing Affordability Has Worsened Due to Municipal Development Charges and Delays
The Canadian Homebuilders’ Association (CHBA) has released its 2024 Municipal Benchmarking Study that examines how local development processes, approvals, and charges impact housing affordability and housing supply in major housing markets across the country.
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