housing starts – Investment Executive https://www.investmentexecutive.com Canada's news source for financial professionals Fri, 29 Nov 2024 18:57:58 +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 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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]]> 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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