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Housing starts fell in July: CMHC
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# O) I4 T/ Y9 h, TOTTAWA — Housing starts declined last month from where they were in June but are expected to rise later this year, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. said Tuesday.
6 B! z2 r, H. e [0 P+ |Housing starts fell to 132,100 units in July from 137,800 units in June, on a seasonally adjusted annual rate, mostly because of the multiple-units segment that includes condos and apartment buildings.
4 W, E! l2 J0 ^( u# o% W; m5 [In July of last year, there were 18,229 actual starts. The agency estimated there were 12,712 actual starts last month.
; ^6 { K7 `2 v! n: _5 f5 i"Although July registered a decline, housing starts are expected to improve throughout 2009," said Bob Dugan, chief economist at the corporation's market analysis centre.5 z2 [* n/ D6 T! U0 r$ x
The agency predicted that over the next several years housing starts will gradually become more closely aligned to demographic demand, which is currently estimated at about 175,000 units per year.2 V# C* z; i# M
Housing starts this year are down sharply from 2008 and 2007, when builders and buyers responded to a strong economy, low interest rates and years of pent-up demand.) {) A) p1 `' d' m
The corporation said in January that starts reached 211,056 units in 2008, down from 228,343 in 2007.
( J$ M* W* `7 w7 }It forecast 160,250 starts this year and about 163,350 for 2010.- S; K+ ?8 R9 B5 {! }
Urban starts on a seasonally adjusted basis fell 5.5 per cent in July to 113,500 units, with multiple starts down nine per cent and singles off 1.1 per cent.8 I% _+ m7 }+ z a/ [+ C
Rural starts were estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 18,600 units. V. _* b! S- O+ v
Starts in Quebec rose 16.6 per cent in July, while they fell in other regions, including a 15-per-cent drop in Ontario. |
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