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Housing starts fell in July: CMHC
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$ q7 n8 v5 D- Q5 b; { h" _OTTAWA — 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.
! J" e* a* @7 I, n( F5 _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.
8 s8 }. x. v9 SIn July of last year, there were 18,229 actual starts. The agency estimated there were 12,712 actual starts last month.1 u% q, U" N5 [: s
"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.
7 V9 ]4 @* S& v6 KThe 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./ `6 H9 w6 V; i" C
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.4 o$ ?; ^( @0 w9 @" g
The corporation said in January that starts reached 211,056 units in 2008, down from 228,343 in 2007.
2 G: j5 U8 ~: \8 o2 U n! NIt forecast 160,250 starts this year and about 163,350 for 2010.+ g# Y: e1 Z$ [" W9 l
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.
+ P6 G0 k# n6 S# g/ c! X& IRural starts were estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 18,600 units./ A+ U. ]0 ^; H( M: U5 h. _
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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