housing starts | Investment Executive https://www.investmentexecutive.com/tag/housing-starts/ Canada's news source for financial professionals Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:02:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/01/cropped-favicon-1-32x32.png housing starts | Investment Executive https://www.investmentexecutive.com/tag/housing-starts/ 32 32 Annual pace of housing starts dropped 17% in October https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/annual-pace-of-housing-starts-dropped-17-in-october/ Tue, 18 Nov 2025 14:36:34 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=525696 Year-to-date total still up compared with last year: CMHC

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]]> CMHC reports annual pace of housing starts up in September https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/cmhc-reports-annual-pace-of-housing-starts-up-in-september-2/ Thu, 16 Oct 2025 16:13:38 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=522809 Stronger activity in Montreal and Toronto contributes to 14% rise from August

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]]> Annual pace of housing starts down 16% in August: CMHC https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/annual-pace-of-housing-starts-down-16-in-august-cmhc/ Tue, 16 Sep 2025 14:11:46 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=520299 Urban housing starts decline from July while rural pace holds steady

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]]> Home construction must double over next decade to restore 2019 affordability: CMHC https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/up-to-4-8-million-new-homes-needed-over-next-decade-to-restore-affordability-cmhc/ Thu, 19 Jun 2025 15:27:31 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=513033 Ontario, Nova Scotia, Montreal face biggest housing shortfalls

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]]> Amid high housing costs, people are shacking up: report https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/amid-high-housing-costs-people-are-shacking-up-report/ Fri, 29 Nov 2024 18:57:58 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=497655 As population growth remains robust, the size of households is rising too

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]]> CMHC reports September pace for housing starts up from August https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/cmhc-reports-september-pace-for-housing-starts-up-from-august/ Wed, 16 Oct 2024 17:14:17 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=494884 Seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts was 223,808 units in September, up from 213,012 in August

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]]> Higher interest rates led to fewer housing starts in 2023: CMHC https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/higher-interest-rates-led-to-fewer-housing-starts-in-2023-cmhc/ Thu, 03 Oct 2024 17:21:50 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=493877 Other economic factors, government policies offset the effect of higher rates

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]]> Annual pace of housing starts slowed in August: CMHC https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/annual-pace-of-housing-starts-slowed-in-august-cmhc-2/ Tue, 17 Sep 2024 14:12:17 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=492893 The drop came as the annual pace of urban starts fell 24% from July

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]]> Labour shortage in construction impacting feds’ housing plan: report https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/labour-shortage-in-construction-impacting-feds-housing-plan-report/ Tue, 10 Sep 2024 13:40:13 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=492345 Elevated interest rates, inflation have also increased the cost to finance projects

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]]> Annual pace of housing starts in June down 9%: CMHC https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/annual-pace-of-housing-starts-in-june-down-9-cmhc/ Tue, 16 Jul 2024 13:36:21 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=489413 Actual housing starts were markedly lower in two of Canada's three major cities compared with June 2023

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