by VRBA | Sep 4, 2024 | Blog, CARE Awards, news
The Victoria Residential Builders Association announced the Finalists for the 2024 CARE Awards and you can vote for the popular Peoples’ Choice Award. From September 2 to September 15, view these outstanding homes at Hillside Centre and careawards.ca and vote for your... read more
by VRBA | Aug 23, 2024 | news
On the Brian Crombie Hour podcast (Mississauga Ontario), Casey Edge, Executive Director of VRBA discusses the current housing crisis in Canada, highlighting how city development fees, housing taxes, zoning issues, red tape & regulations obstruct supply and... read more
by VRBA | Aug 19, 2024 | Blog, Housing data, news
Greater Victoria’s year-to-date housing starts are down 1% according to CMHC. From January to July, housing starts were 2,259 vs 2,273 during the same period last year. The numbers were up 20% from January to May, but declined to a 5% increase from January to June.... read more
by VRBA | Aug 13, 2024 | Blog, Housing data, news
The Canadian Real Estate Association reports BC has the highest average home price at $998,721. The BC government charges a Property Transfer Tax (PTT) of $17,974 to do a simple land title transfer when that “average” home is sold. Alberta has an average home price of... read more
by VRBA | Aug 7, 2024 | Blog, CARE Awards, news
The Victoria Residential Builders Association has announced the Finalists for the 2024 CARE Awards and you can vote for the popular Peoples’ Choice Award. From September 2 to September 15, view these outstanding homes at careawards.ca and vote for your favourite. In... read more
