Flooring is Canada’s favourite reno project
The home renovation website www.houzz.com, is creating quite a buzz among Canadians looking for ideas and information about home design and remodeling. The site had 1.5 million unique Canadian visitors in July and it…
Go Rici Construct Canada Reno Roundtable: Part 4
How would stand up under the scrutiny of The Reno Coach?
Go Rici Construct Canada Reno Roundtable: Part 2
Who is the bigger danger to the renovation industry, the guy with the fancy website or the guy working for cash?
Illegal immigrants in construction need a break
The underground gets worse when you don’t let good, experienced trades from other countries work here legally.
CMHC Housing Report Q4, 2011
It looks like Canada won’t hit 200,000 starts this year, but the final number will be close. And there is promise of a strong housing market in 2012. CMHC’s Q4 housing report suggests a…
US housing industry trends for 2012
Builder magazine is the premier magazine in the US for the residential single family homebuilding industry. Every year, it assembles a list of trends it believes will represent the direction of their industry…
A Canadian View of the American Housing Industry
According to the U.S. Commerce Department, seasonally adjusting housing starts for September in that country hit 658,000 units. Canada’s rate for September was 205,900. The U.S. population is about 307 million. Canada’s is…
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May 22, 2013
Mark Hofstee — If exempt home renovators take on non-exempt work, the exemption is lost for a minimum of 3 months, but not...
May 22, 2013
Ray Cobus — Until all the contractors get together and refuse to pay these fees both with the WSIB and the college...
May 22, 2013
Chris Langman — Why is the CFIB not organizing a boycott date for the WSIB? If independent contractors were organized together and...
