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Edmonton housing starts dip again, U! z7 ^) c( e) e; R8 {
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" Q5 W7 v V1 }" {' OBy Bill Mah, edmontonjournal.comMarch 9, 2009 11:02 AMComments (2)
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More Images » A for sale sign is posted in front of a new homes in the Sunset Valley Estates on Ellerslie Road in Edmonton.Photograph by: Anne-Marie Jackson, Edmonton JournalEDMONTON – Housing starts fell again in the Edmonton region for February with no growth in activity foreseen until at least the summer, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation said Monday.) t% \ ~7 b- x, ^. b& ?4 P2 }
$ T6 z; D# u* AMultiple-unit starts led the decline with a near-86-per-cent drop from February of last year, according to preliminary CMHC figures. Multi-unit starts across the Capital Region totalled 64 units last month compared to 449 started in the same month a year ago.
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“Developer unease over rising condo apartment inventories will cause multi-unit starts to be lower this year than last,” said Richard Goatcher, CMHC senior market analyst for Edmonton.6 e' t* o1 G$ A1 a
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In the single-detached market, shovels went into the ground for 149 homes in February — a 39 per cent drop from the 243 units started a year ago.
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( n" L8 t% T. E S" G+ cCMHC predicts single starts to remain slow throughout much of 2009. Building activity won’t pick up over the previous year’s pace until after mid-2009 — provided new house inventories head lower. Goatcher said it will likely take until 2010 for notable year-over-year increases in single starts.) _: N' v( [0 z2 \: y' V! B) v: m
u5 k- ]: D! |7 b) V& bTotal housing starts in Alberta’s seven largest centres totalled 574 units in February, down from 1,867 a year ago, according to CMHC. Grande Prairie was the only city reporting a year-over-year increase in starts.6 R/ j, d- ~. s1 I0 h( ]
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