by VRBA | May 15, 2023 | Blog, Housing data, news
CMHC reports housing starts in Greater Victoria are still up 2.5% year-to-date Jan to April 2023 at 1,179 units vs 1,150 units in 2022. However, April 2023 starts were only 91, while April 2022 posted 330 and March 2023 was 325. Housing starts suffered a big drop of... read more
by VRBA | Apr 18, 2023 | Blog, Building Code, Housing data, news
BC’s Ministry of Housing recently announced plans to digitize the building permit process and code, which is currently only available in print or PDF format. The Ministry says a digitized code will make it faster and easier for builders and building inspectors to... read more
by VRBA | Apr 5, 2023 | Blog, Housing data
Members of the Victoria Residential Builders Association met with Ravi Kahlon, Minister of Housing last week to exchange views and discuss opportunities to boost supply and affordability. Members’ concerns included a lack of missing middle housing (townhomes,... read more
by VRBA | Mar 22, 2023 | Blog, Hiring a Contractor, Housing data, news, Renovating
Thinking of building a new home or renovating? How will you determine a builder’s track record, availability and prices? Try our online Expression of Interest making it easy to get quotes from VRBA’s professional contractors.... read more
by VRBA | Mar 15, 2023 | Blog, Housing data, news
CMHC reports housing starts in Greater Victoria are still up 9% year-to-date in Jan/Feb 2023 at 763 units vs Jan/Feb 2022 at 699 units. However, it is important to monitor the decline in February 2023 at 300 vs February 2022 at 413. February 2023 (300) also declined... read more
by VRBA | Mar 7, 2023 | Blog, Housing data, news
The BC government introduced their budget filled with spending to build housing for the middle class and more promises to make municipal development approval processes more efficient. So far, promises of more efficiency have not resulted in any action. In fact,... read more
