GOHBA News

Ottawa’s Zoning By-law Must Support the City’s Housing Goals Ottawa, ON, Mar. 31, 2025 – The Greater Ottawa Home Builders’ Association (GOHBA) is urging city council to ensure that the new zoning by-law enables the housing growth needed to meet the city’s targets. While the second draft of the by-law includes some positive improvements, key…

Removing the GST on New Homes Would Improve Affordability in Ottawa March 25, 2025 OTTAWA, ON – The Greater Ottawa Home Builders’ Association (GOHBA) and PMA Brethour Realty Group Ottawa say the election promises by the federal Liberal and Conservative parties to remove the federal GST from new homes would impact new home prices in Ottawa and…

GOHBA / PMA Brethour Ottawa New Home Sales Report New home sales slowed down in February, but year-to-date sales are still trending up March 21, 2025 OTTAWA, ON – New home sales in Ottawa dipped in February with 261 homes sold, marking a nearly 14 per cent decrease from January. However, the Ottawa New Home…

  After the success of our “Mid-Year Check-In for Ottawa Housing Sales” mini video series in 2024, the Greater Ottawa Home Builders’ Association (GOHBA) again partnered with Cheryl Rice, President of PMA Brethour Realty – Ottawa, to provide an in-depth analysis of monthly new home sales coming out of 2024 and the first stats we’re…

GOHBA / PMA Brethour Ottawa New Home Sales Report January new home sales show strong start to the year February 18, 2025 OTTAWA, ON -New home sales in Ottawa are up nearly 25 per cent compared to last month. The Ottawa New Home Market report shows 304 new homes were sold in January, compared to…

Breakfast with the Mayor emphasizes change and collaboration January 16, 2025 Patrick Langston – All Things Home he annual Breakfast with the Mayor event organized by the Greater Ottawa Home Builders’ Association always draws a good crowd and a decent audience response. This time, the event was sold out, and Mayor Mark Sutcliffe basked in a standing…

GOHBA / PMA Brethour Ottawa New Home Sales Report December new home sales show significant year-over-year growth January 16, 2025 OTTAWA, ON – The Ottawa New Home Market Report for December 2024 shows a strong year-over-year increase, with 243 new homes sold, representing a nearly 75 per cent rise compared to last December. This year…

Housing starts drop in 2024, prompting city to establish task force to speed approval processes January 16, 2025 Mia Jensen – Ontario Business Journal Housing starts in the region dropped 15 per cent last year from 2023, prompting Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe to tell homebuilders that the city will be establishing a task force to…

Ottawa creating task force, eying technology to speed up approvals as new home construction falls 15 per cent Janurary 16, 2025 Josh Pringle – CTV News The City of Ottawa is looking at ways to cut red tape to streamline the housing approval process, as new statistics show home construction fell 15 per cent in…