by VRBA | Mar 9, 2021 | Blog, Building Code, Hiring a Contractor, 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. Visit https://www.vrba.ca/hire-a-builder/... read more
by VRBA | Mar 3, 2021 | Blog, Building Code, Housing data
New building code regulations often fly under the radar in discussions about high housing prices. An example is the Step Code, an energy efficiency regulation fast-tracked by the BC govt without a review by the National Building Code committee – despite the Canada/BC... read more
by VRBA | Nov 24, 2020 | Blog, Building Code, Housing data, news
Statistics Canada reports the price of new homes in Greater Victoria increased 5.3% from January to October 2020 while the price of land increased .3%. Nationally, residential construction costs increased 2.4% in the third quarter alone, the largest gain since the... read more
by VRBA | Nov 20, 2020 | Blog, Building Code, news
This month in Canadian Contractor magazine read “Unintended Consequences – the quest for energy efficient homes could be killing Canadians.” The BC govt launched their Step Code before National Building Code has completed diligence on more energy... read more
by VRBA | Oct 2, 2020 | Blog, Building Code, news
UPDATE: According to the Victoria Real Estate Board’s data, Sooke housing prices have increased 12% in the past year while Langford’s are up only 6%. Since Sooke’s present mayor & council were elected, housing prices have increased 26% while... read more
by VRBA | Jun 4, 2020 | Blog, Building Code
Here are memos from committees reporting to the Canadian Commission on Building and Fire Codes (CCBFC) identifying potential unintended consequences of increasing energy efficiency in new housing. These are public documents included in the “May 22, 2020 (2020-09)... read more
