Author: tforrest

Greater Toronto Area, April 23, 2024 – GTA new home sales in March extended the very slow start to 2024, with all three months of Q1 having set record lows for new home sales, the Building…

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Greater Toronto Area, April 19, 2024 – The Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) announced the winners of the 2024 RenoMark Awards today. Started in 1999, the awards recognize professional renovators and custom home builders…

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Greater Toronto Area, April 2, 2024 – The Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) applauds the federal government for their housing supportive announcement earlier today and notes that the top up of $400 million to…

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Greater Toronto Area, March 25, 2024 – GTA new home sales remained expectedly soft in February with new home inventory edging up, the Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) announced today. There were 753 new…

Read More from New home inventory in the GTA expands in February in anticipation of renewed market activity this spring

Greater Toronto Area, February 26, 2024 – GTA new home sales were expectedly soft in January, down slightly from January 2023 and up marginally from December 2023, the Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) announced…

Read More from As anticipated from a slow December, GTA new home sales soft in January as buyers remained tentative

Toronto, February 22, 2024 – A new study by Keleher Planning & Economic Consulting Inc. (KPEC), commissioned for the Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) and the Ontario Home Builders’ Association (OHBA), has identified that…

Read More from Housing study: Reported inventories overstate supply of “shovel ready lots” – use it or lose it policies must be informed by facts

Greater Toronto Area, January 25, 2024 – GTA new home sales were slow in December, experiencing only marginal growth from December 2022 which was the second lowest December monthly new sales following December 2008, the Building…

Read More from GTA new home market sees low sales in December, slow 2023 harbinger of lower housing starts in 2024

Greater Toronto Area, December 21, 2023 – GTA new home sales were flat again in November, maintaining gains since the summer months, but exceeding the lows of November 2022, the Building Industry and Land Development Association…

Read More from GTA new home market continues flat in November; increase over prior year

Greater Toronto Area, December 14, 2023 – The Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) slammed the province’s approval of City of Toronto Official Plan Amendment (OPA) 591 yesterday as yet another example of how the…

Read More from Can’t build housing in the city, can’t build housing at the edge of the city — Ontario has no coherent plan to increase housing supply 

Greater Toronto Area, December 11, 2023 — A new study by Malone Given Parsons Ltd. (MGP), commissioned for the Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) and the Ontario Home Builders’ Association (OHBA), identifies that there…

Read More from Provincial goal of building 1.5 million homes will not be realized without adequate land supply