Construction
Affordable Housing
Carney, Ford Announce $8.8B Deal To Cut Ontario Development Charges By Up To 50%
The federal-provincial partnership will cost-match funding for housing-enabling infrastructure over 10 years, targeting municipalities that cover roughly 80% of Ontario's population.
Mar 30, 2026
Real Estate News
OREA Pushes For Development Charge Reform, Makes Several Recommendations
The Ontario Real Estate Association called development charges "one of the most direct levers available to reduce costs and accelerate construction" of new housing.
Construction
Construction Costs Stabilized In 2025, Expected To Align With Inflation In 2026
For 2026, BTY Group is projecting real GDP growth of 1.5% (after growing 1.7% in 2025), an unemployment rate of 6.9%, and 250,000 housing starts, but emphasizes that there continues to be a “high degree of uncertainty around economic relationships with the United States.”
Under Construction
With Residential Construction "Collapsing" In Ontario, Structural Reform Is The Fix
"We know what the solutions are. The problem has been mustering the political will to do something about it."
Rental Is Having A Moment, And This Firm Is Building For It
Now, as demand for rental housing intensifies, Hazelview is ready to continue building — at scale, with impact, and with the conviction that comes from being prepared.
Real Estate News
2025 A Strong Year for Housing Starts, But The Finish Was Uneven
Most of the momentum in 2025 occurred earlier in the year, with economic uncertainty and the reduced feasibility of large residential towers pushing developers toward smaller-scale projects.
Industry
ELM Developments Is ‘Looking Forward’ With Its Distressed Real Estate Division
“We invest in projects, and we invest in them because we believe in them,” says Elliot Steiner, President of ELM Developments, a company that stabilizes and, in some cases, invests in distressed real estate.
Construction
Housing Starts Fall 16% In August, Pointing To Construction Slowdown
"If sustained, this adjustment in the level of housing starts would be consistent with both our forecast and current market intelligence indicating a slowdown in the pace of housing construction."
Policy
Build Canada Homes Launches With $13B In Funding And First Round Of Projects
The launch of Build Canada Homes comes after Mark Carney pledged to create a new federal housing entity during the election.
Construction
Latest CMHC Report Confirms What We Already Know — Toronto Is In Crisis
The federal housing agency says that Toronto is in for its lowest level of housing starts in 30 years.
Construction
This GTA Company Is Reimagining Renos With Multiplex Conversions
As housing demand soars and affordability dwindles, Toronto’s “missing middle” has gone from planning lingo to urgent priority. This is where Plexcon Construction steps in.
Construction
There’s Promise In Prefab — But First We Need The Big Builders (And Big Money) On Board
“On a per-capita basis, we are producing far less housing despite our intent, all the incentives, the industry's desire. The only way to change that is to try something radically different from what we have done in the past.”
Construction
Plunging Housing Starts In Ontario To Have “Dire Consequences” By 2026: RBC
Economists with RBC are sounding the alarm on a housing construction slowdown that could hit Ontario far earlier than expected.
Construction
Rental Market Drives Canadian Housing Starts To Highest Level Since 2022
Regionally, starts continued to vary last month, with Canada's three largest cities — Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal — reporting substantially different outcomes.
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