CMHC reports annual pace of housing starts down in December
Posted January 18, 2021 9:04 am.
Last Updated January 18, 2021 10:54 am.
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OTTAWA — Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts in December fell compared with November.
CMHC says the monthly seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts for all areas in Canada, excluding Kelowna, B.C., fell 12.2 per cent in December from November.
The December survey was not conducted in Kelowna due to the pandemic.
The annual pace of urban starts fell 12.8 per cent in December as urban starts of apartments, condos and other types of multiple-unit housing projects dropped 15.1 per cent. Single-detached urban starts fell 5.5 per cent.
Rural starts were estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 22,373 units.
Despite the drop in December, CMHC says the six-month moving average of the monthly seasonally adjusted annual rates of housing starts climbed to 239,052 units for the final month of 2020, up from 236,334 in November.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 18, 2021.
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