EDMONTON — The Alberta government approved regulations this week for mandatory warranties for new homes, but opposition MLAs say it does more to limit claims for house and condo owners than protect them.
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EDMONTON — The Alberta government approved regulations this week for mandatory warranties for new homes, but opposition MLAs say it does more to limit claims for house and condo owners than protect them.
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Some would call it classic American-style attack politics, but, really, it just wasn’t that sophisticated.
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An Edmonton councillor who represents a neighbourhood where a controversial housing project is being proposed says he is frustrated with the project’s developers.
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Things get said in the heat of battle, says the Urban Development Institute’s top man.
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Where’s the anger? Where’s the outrage? Where’s the ire?
The homebuilders should be angry at the Manning Foundation, says Mayor Naheed Nenshi.
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With three months remaining in 2013, local builders had nearly exceeded the number of housing starts recorded in Red Deer during all of last year.
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U.S. home builders are not feeling any better about their business this month, but they’re not feeling any worse either. A monthly sentiment index from the National Association of Home Builders was unchanged in September, holding at a reading of 58. Fifty is the line between positive and negative.
Eastern Canada’s economists don’t agree on forecasts for the nation’s home-building industry. Is it facing a bust, or is it business as usual?
There are fewer doubts in Alberta, where most cities report more homes started this year compared with a year ago. In Lethbridge, an industry spokesperson confirms there’s no doom and gloom here.
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For the first time in 55 years, Mary Campbell, a longtime resident of High River, watched the swollen Little Bow River sweep by her home chock full of debris, filth and sewage—coming from developments she said should never have been built.
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