{"id":773,"slug":"chba-home-buyer-preference-2024","title":"CHBA Home Buyer Preference Survey 2024: 18,000+ Canadian buyers across 6 provinces; aging-in-place + secondary-suite demand","kind":"reference","scope":"business","status":"current","audiences":["kevin","smb-owner","candid-team"],"topics":["gc-vertical"],"reference_body":"**Claim:** CHBA Home Buyer Preference Survey 2024 (n=18,000+ across 6 Canadian provinces): 57% prefer a legal secondary suite; 35% expect to need aging-in-place features in 5–10 years (54.8% for Boomers); 56%+ looking for aging-in-place features now.\n\n**Source:** https://www.chba.ca/2024/10/23/2024-chba-home-buyer-preference-survey-results/\n\n**Confidence:** Verified.\n\n**Caveat:** Reflects new-home buyers only. Renovation customers — the bulk of $1M–$5M residential GC work — are not represented in these numbers.","rationale_body":null,"metadata":null,"links":{"outgoing":[],"incoming":[]},"created_at":"2026-05-23T21:58:32.569Z","updated_at":"2026-05-23T21:58:32.569Z"}