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  • Why new home builds must factor flood and fire risk

    Canada’s housing shortage is sparking a race to build homes, but the speed at which projects are moving may place some planned structures at risk of damage by flood and fire, a new report from the Canadian Climate Institute (CCI) says. Citing the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, the report says meeting housing affordability targets…

  • New home completions fell by 7% annually in 2024, says industry body

    Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting…

  • Home Builders Say Trump Tariffs Are Raising Construction Costs

    Days after President Trump enacted 10 percent trade tariffs on all Chinese goods in early February, Bentley Zhao called the company that supplies his cabinetry, tiles and stone. The store manager told him to expect to see a 10 percent price increase for any materials coming from China. Mr. Zhao, the chief executive of New…

  • Treasure Valley home prices up over last year; nearly half of sales were new construction

    Key Highlights The median home price within Treasure Valley counties is averaging nearly half a million dollars, about $25,000 higher than January of 2024. In January of this year, Ada County’s median home sales price was being reported above the half-million-dollar mark at $538,000 (or $23,000 higher than this time last year), while Canyon County‘s…

  • Why new home builds must factor flood and fire risk

    Canada’s housing shortage is sparking a race to build homes, but the speed at which projects are moving may place some planned structures at risk of damage by flood and fire, a new report from the Canadian Climate Institute (CCI) says. Citing the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, the report says meeting housing affordability targets…

  • New home completions fell by 7% annually in 2024, says industry body

    Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting…

  • Home Builders Say Trump Tariffs Are Raising Construction Costs

    Days after President Trump enacted 10 percent trade tariffs on all Chinese goods in early February, Bentley Zhao called the company that supplies his cabinetry, tiles and stone. The store manager told him to expect to see a 10 percent price increase for any materials coming from China. Mr. Zhao, the chief executive of New…

  • Treasure Valley home prices up over last year; nearly half of sales were new construction

    Key Highlights The median home price within Treasure Valley counties is averaging nearly half a million dollars, about $25,000 higher than January of 2024. In January of this year, Ada County’s median home sales price was being reported above the half-million-dollar mark at $538,000 (or $23,000 higher than this time last year), while Canyon County‘s…

  • Why new home builds must factor flood and fire risk

    Canada’s housing shortage is sparking a race to build homes, but the speed at which projects are moving may place some planned structures at risk of damage by flood and fire, a new report from the Canadian Climate Institute (CCI) says. Citing the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, the report says meeting housing affordability targets…

  • Home Builders Say Trump Tariffs Are Raising Construction Costs

    Days after President Trump enacted 10 percent trade tariffs on all Chinese goods in early February, Bentley Zhao called the company that supplies his cabinetry, tiles and stone. The store manager told him to expect to see a 10 percent price increase for any materials coming from China. Mr. Zhao, the chief executive of New…

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