housing starts – Investment Executive https://www.investmentexecutive.com Canada's news source for financial professionals Wed, 15 May 2024 16:06:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.3 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/01/cropped-favicon-1-32x32.png housing starts – Investment Executive https://www.investmentexecutive.com 32 32 CMHC reports decline in annual pace of housing starts https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/cmhc-reports-decline-in-annual-pace-of-housing-starts/ Wed, 15 May 2024 16:06:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=485942 The seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts in Canada came in at 240,229 units for April, a drop of 1% from March

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Housing starts down 7% in March: CMHC https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/housing-starts-down-7-in-march-cmhc/ Tue, 16 Apr 2024 15:23:54 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=483927 Despite month-over-month decline in March, housing starts trending 'at a solid pace': economist

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Home prices could reach peak levels by next year, set new highs in 2026: CMHC https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/home-prices-could-reach-peak-levels-by-next-year-set-new-highs-in-2026-cmhc/ Thu, 04 Apr 2024 19:31:15 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=483197 Declining mortgage rates, strong population growth will help spur a rebound in sales and prices

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Housing starts stable, but demand still outpacing growth of supply https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/housing-starts-stable-but-demand-still-outpacing-growth-of-supply/ Wed, 27 Mar 2024 16:02:11 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=482822 CMHC says construction of new homes in Canada's six largest cities remained near all-time highs last year

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Housing shortages, affordability issues entrenched: reports https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/housing-shortages-affordability-issues-entrenched-reports/ Tue, 06 Feb 2024 21:16:23 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=479951 Desjardins and CIBC examine both near- and long-term challenges

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Annual pace of housing starts edged up in October: CMHC https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/annual-pace-of-housing-starts-edged-up-in-october-cmhc/ Thu, 16 Nov 2023 19:02:08 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=475497 Single-detached urban starts contributed to the increase

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Ontario scraps its portion of HST on purpose built rentals https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/industry-news/ontario-scraps-its-portion-of-hst-on-purpose-built-rentals/ Wed, 01 Nov 2023 16:36:19 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=474370 New policy will apply to new rental housing units such as apartment buildings, student housing and senior residences

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CMHC reports annual pace of housing starts up in September https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/cmhc-reports-annual-pace-of-housing-starts-up-in-september/ Wed, 18 Oct 2023 18:44:12 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=473614 Monthly seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts in September came in at 270,466 units, up from 250,383 in August

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Statistics Canada reports value of building permits up 3.4% in August https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/statistics-canada-reports-value-of-building-permits-up-3-4-in-august/ Wed, 11 Oct 2023 16:35:41 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=473017 Modest declines in residential construction plans, total monthly value of non-residential permits rose 14.8% to $5.0 billion

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Housing gap to restore affordability remains at about 3.5 million units: CMHC https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/housing-gap-to-restore-affordability-remains-at-about-3-5-million-units-cmhc/ Wed, 13 Sep 2023 16:35:34 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=471452 The supply picture has improved somewhat in Ontario, but has worsened in other provinces like Quebec, Alberta, and British Columbia

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