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Housing Starts Rise in JuneOTTAWA, Ontario, July 9, 2003 — The seasonally adjusted annual rate1 of housing starts was 210,400 in June, up from a revised2 198,000 in May, signalling that residential construction continues at a strong pace, reports Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). "Last month's increase in housing starts shows that the housing market continues to respond to stimulative economic conditions, " said Bob Dugan, Chief Economist at CMHC's Market Analysis Centre. "mortgage rates are at 47 year lows and labour markets are fairly tight in spite of job losses in recent months. Furthermore, consumer confidence remains high and consumers continue to look positively at the future. These combined factors continue to support healthy levels of activity in the housing market. Rising house prices, which have yielded higher returns on residential real estate than on bonds and equities in recent years, have also boosted demand for housing." "Given low inventories of completed units available for sale, new home sales have resulted in increased construction activity. Year-to-date, actual starts have exceeded last year's level by 2.6 per cent." The seasonally adjusted annual rate of urban multiple starts was up 11.0 per cent to 82,800 units in June 2003 compared with 74,600 units in May. The biggest increases were in Ontario followed by the Prairies. The seasonally adjusted annual rate of urban multiple starts fell in Atlantic Canada and in Quebec. Nationally, year-to-date actual urban multiple starts have increased 12.6 per cent when compared to the same period in 2002. In June, urban single starts increased 4.5 per cent to 98,300 units at seasonally adjusted annual rates compared to 94,100 units the previous month. This increase was reflected in all regions of the country except British Columbia where urban single starts decreased 3.8 per cent. In contrast, year-to-date actual urban single starts are 4.7 per cent lower than for the same period of 2002. Rural starts in June were estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 29,300 units. 1. All starts figures in this release, other than actual starts, are seasonally adjusted annual rates (SAAR) that are monthly figures adjusted to remove normal seasonal variation and multiplied by 12 to reflect annual levels. 2. Figures for the most recent month are preliminary and subject to revisions due to corrections or updates from quarterly enumeration or sampling results. Information on this release: Bob Dugan For regional starts information contact: Atlantic: Alex MacDonald, CMHC, (902) 426-8964, amacdona@cmhc-schl.gc.ca
Source: CMHC *Seasonally adjusted annual rates News source: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
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