Free Webinar from CHBA-NL in partnership with Grant Thornton “COVID-19 Government Support: What it means for you and your business”

CHBA-NL in partnership with Grant Thornton presents a free webinar “COVID-19 Government Support: What it means for you and your

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This practical updated 2020 Toolkit designed for use by housing proponents in NL, provides best practices to support development proposals that offer

Once again, the CHBA has prepared estimates of the positive impacts of the residential construction industry on the Canadian economy and on provincial and local economies across the country.

The estimates for 2018 are based on actual results for the past year, and include investment, direct and indirect employment, and wages paid. The scope of construction activities addressed includes new dwellings of all types, including both primary residences and cottages; renovation, conversion and repair of existing dwellings, and conversion of non-residential buildings to residential use; and other expenditures relating to new residential construction such as realty and legal fees.

The estimates of impacts continue to illustrate the huge importance of residential construction in generating jobs, wages, and investment. Various emerging economic factors have the potential to affect local housing markets in 2019 and beyond.

These factors include:

changes in mortgage interest rates, terms and conditions, recognizing that rates have been very low for the past five years, in response to the economic situation;
changes in international, regional and local economic conditions, especially overall job creation and unemployment;
higher government-imposed costs such as taxes, fees, levies and charges; and
land-use regulations and shortages of serviced land.
These factors reinforce the need for the home building industry to monitor carefully global and domestic conditions and events in the continuing post-crisis period of economic uncertainty.

Special Meeting of Members & Honoring our Past Presidents