The Ontario Home Builders’ Association (OHBA) has announced the finalists for its 2010 Awards of Distinction, honouring outstanding contributors to the new home industry. Finalists were judged from entries from across the province encompassing 33 categories of building, design, sales and marketing. Winners will be announced on September 21st at the 2010 OHBA Annual Conference. [...]

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Canadians see the value in an environmentally friendly home, according to the TD Canada Trust Green Home Poll. Seventy two percent of Canadians surveyed indicated they would be willing to pay more for a house or condo that includes environmentally friendly features. Of those, 77% say that cost savings on energy bills is a main [...]

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Urbanation, Inc., the leading source of information and analysis on the Toronto Census Metropolitan Area – CMA – condominium market, today released its Q2/10 market overview. New condominium sales of 4,991 in Q2/10 represent a decline of eight per cent from the 5,415 sold in Q1/10, and for the first time since 1994, second quarter [...]

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With HST tax coming into effect July 1st, many new home owners are wondering what exactly will be affected, and what won’t. Many household items that were previously subject to 8% provincial and 5% federal tax will now simply switch over to the 13% HST, and consumers will incur no additional costs. However, some items [...]

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Increasing numbers of Canadians intend to become home owners by 2012, according to the 17th Annual RBC Homeownership study conducted by Ipsos Reid. This trend could mean increased demand for new homes and is spurring some would-be buyers to make their purchase now while supply and demand ratios remain favourable. Ten percent of Canadians indicated [...]

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With 5,415 new condominium units sold in the first quarter of 2010, the Toronto real estate market has achieved a personal best, the highest-ever number of first quarter new unit sales in history. This news was released on Monday by Urbanation, Canada’s leading condominium market research company and publisher of Urbanation’s Condominium Market Survey. “Q1-2010’s [...]

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With 3,148 new homes and condos sold in February 2010, GTA new home sales reached their highest levels since 2006.

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