Five variables that can sink your reno estimate Recently, Bricen Sears’ contracting company in Trenton was hired to carry out a seemingly simple kitchen renovation for a client. The work required [...]
Meet 12 next-generation players shaping Ontario’s home building future They grew up hearing home building discussed around the dinner table. In their teens, they worked on family business [...]
Housing Tour in Germany Offers Members Ideas of Sustainability, Urban Design and Architecture Over the past decade, OHBA has implemented a successful educational and professional development [...]
OHBA Job Ready Program building a sustainable workforce for residential construction future Ontario’s residential construction industry is facing a critical challenge in its workforce [...]
Nine past presidents highlight OHBA challenges and achievements To provide a little historical perspective, John Diefenbaker and Lester Pearson were squaring off in Parliament. The tallest two [...]
The future of multi-residential EV parking Individually, electric vehicles can sneak up from behind you like a ninja in the night, but their collective advance into the marketplace sounds more [...]
OHBA needs to change if it wants to be the authoritative voice for Ontario housing The model on which the Ontario Home Builders’ Association is constituted, funded and governed needs to change to [...]
Why alternative lending is paying dividends for many builders As the real estate market has cooled dramatically and interest rates increased, not only homebuyers are finding it more difficult to [...]
Factory construction can offer a way past some of builders’ biggest impediments If you like surprises, this probably isn’t for you. Consistency, after all, is a hallmark of modular construction, [...]
Thirteen years later, the New Housing Rebate is in dire need of a renovation In 2010, the Harmonized Sales Tax was implemented in Ontario, raising the tax on multiple goods and services from 5% [...]
