Courtenay Development Services Update in Around Town
Your Weekly Construction Briefing The City of Courtenay is working on filling four vacancies in the Development Services Department. The City of Courtenay is addressing vacancies in its Development Services Department, and turn-around times may be slower than...
Lumber prices flatten in Around Town
Your Weekly Construction Briefing In the week ending March 10, the price of benchmark softwood lumber item Western Spruce-Pine-Fir 2×4 #2&Btr KD (RL) was US $365 mfbn, down from February 2023’s monthly average of $456. The above chart shows Madison’s top six...
May 2023 Step 3 BC Energy Code in Around Town
Your Weekly Construction Briefing Starting on May 1, 2023, the BC Building Code will require all single-family including suites and other Part 9 residential buildings that do not contain other occupancies (e.g. office, retail etc.) to comply with at least Step 3 of...
February Real Estate Market Update In Around Town
Your Weekly Construction Briefing Last month, 220 single-family homes sold in the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board (VIREB) area, a 37 per cent decrease from one year ago and a 33 per increase from January. Sales of condo apartments came in at 64, declining by 40 per...
National home sales at 14-year low in Around Town
Your Weekly Construction Briefing Despite home sales in Canada posting their worst start to the year since 2009, recorded sales only decreased by 3% between December 2022 and January 2023. Actual (not seasonally adjusted) monthly activity came in 37.1%...Get 8 FREE Issues!
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