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CANADA MORTGAGE and Housing Corporation nearly as much as was spent on new construction. To PRs TRECTION
(CMHC) will be informing homeowners throughout acquaint homeowners with the wide fange of senovae + ELECTRICAL
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renovation process,

According to CMHC, more and more Canadians
are choosing to renovate what they have instead of There will be a Renovation Menth display in
buying another home. Last year, Canadians spent Capilano Mall in North Vancouver from Oct. 28 to

approximately $20 billion on home renovations, or Nov. 4.

THE RENOVATORS Council, a
committee within the Greater
Vancouver Home Builders
Association (GVHBA) is conduc-
ting a three-day workshop, Oc-
tober 25-27.

Topics to be discussed include:
costing and estimating, (October
25), client relations and marketing
(October 26), renovators and the

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