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New EnerQuality program targets multi-family construction It’s official: Ontario homebuyers of all ages are looking for energy efficiency when purchasing a new home. According to the Canadian [...]

FOOD FOR THOUGHT Community work, technological advances help propel Great Gulf to it’s first Builder of the Year Award. You need a lot more than a big portfolio to earn 2018 OHBA Builder of [...]

FLYING HIGH Paradise Developments’ Brampton project is the people’s choice Offering homeowners the best of both worlds made for a compelling pitch for this year’s OHBA People’s Choice [...]

THE OLD-SCHOOL, PROFESSIONAL, HIGH-TECH APPROACH Recent projects and continuing community support help give nod to OakWood as top renovator Ottawa knows how to renovate a home, with local firms [...]

Getting the most out of compact living spaces Small living space design for modern condos The dream of owning an affordable detached family home remains a formidable challenge in Ontario, leading [...]

Recent design trends have made modern living a noisy proposition State-of-art acoustic design can dramatically reduce sound transmission through shared walls and street-facing windows Wondering [...]

OHBA’s next president takes a stand for his beliefs From his home of Sao Miguel Island in the Azores in 1972, 21-year-old Fernando Martins watched with growing anxiety as friends and [...]

Concerns linger after Ontario’s 16-point Fair Housing Plan essentially missed the mark In April 2017, the Liberal provincial government rolled out the Ontario Fair Housing Plan (FHP) to cool the [...]

They spend their days building other people’s dream homes—but if they had their choice, which of their creations could they see themselves living in? We asked some OHBA member builders and [...]

Drone use takes off in residential development Off-plan sales media with drone footage is popular Look up. You might see the home building industry changing right before your eyes. Then again, [...]