{"id":30947,"date":"2025-06-17T07:12:49","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T14:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-june-17-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-06-17T07:12:49","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T14:12:49","slug":"news-roundup-for-june-17-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-june-17-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for June 17, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article_body\">\n<p data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\">May home sales down 4.3 per cent from a year ago, but activity up month-over-month; no impact to Toronto\u2019s green standard under new Ontario law, city staff says; Ontario\u2019s cottage country real estate market may be stagnating; and other news.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/business\/may-home-sales-down-4-3-per-cent-from-year-ago-but-activity-up-month\/article_81aa58d2-045e-5266-8d65-270b035eba6a.html\" target=\"_blank\">May home sales down 4.3 per cent from year ago, but activity up month-over-month<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11245333\/toronto-green-standard-no-impacts\/\" target=\"_blank\">No impact to Toronto\u2019s green standard under new Ontario law, city staff says<\/a> (Global News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/business\/real-estate\/article\/ontarios-cottage-country-real-estate-market-may-be-stagnating-are-you-finding-your-property-difficult-to-sell\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ontario\u2019s cottage country real estate market may be stagnating<\/a> (CTV News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/real-estate\/new-report-finds-housing-crisis-is-taking-a-huge-toll-on-middle-class-workers\/article_fed03fe4-65bf-4a0f-b272-ce7eec322733.html\" target=\"_blank\">New report finds housing crisis is taking a huge toll on middle-class workers<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/ford-chow-news-conference-toronto-tuesday-1.7563072\" target=\"_blank\">Ford, Chow set to speak at joint announcement in Toronto on Tuesday<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/business\/cmhc-says-annual-pace-of-housing-starts-in-may-down-0-2-per-cent-from\/article_ab400bb6-a233-5af5-9318-e499565c15b1.html\" target=\"_blank\">CMHC says annual pace of housing starts in May down 0.2 per cent from April<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');<\/p>\n<p>fbq('init', '1760257484204295');\nfbq('track', \"PageView\");<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/news\/2025\/06\/news-roundup-june-17-2025.58810\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] May home sales down 4.3 per cent from a year ago, but activity up month-over-month; 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