Housing Starts

• Liberal homebuilding goals ‘simply not achievable’ despite rising pace of starts

  Canadian homebuilders are showing 'resilience' under the weight of higher interest rates, but some economists say it's not enough to achieve the Liberals' housing goals.

  Economy

  Nov 16
  
• Single-family housing starts picked up pace amid overall slowdown in August

  Canadian homebuilders slowed the pace of housing starts in August, according to the CMHC, particularly among multi-unit builds in urban areas.

  Economy

  Sep 18
  
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• Peterborough city and county on track to miss provincial housing targets

  The Peterborough and the Kawarthas Home Builders Association (PKHBA) says the city needs 930 new homes built every year from 2021 to 2031.

  Economy

  Jul 28
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• London, Ont. rental affordability to worsen despite housing starts increase

  The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation is expecting an increase in housing starts for London, but it won't be enough to relieve pressure on the rental market.

  Economy

  Apr 27
• High interest rates are slowing homebuilding, but the worst is yet to come

  The pace of Canadian homebuilding is slowing from its pandemic highs under the weight of higher interest rates, a new report shows.

  Money

  Apr 19
• B.C. falling behind on new housing starts, provincial budget suggests

  The NDP's latest three year fiscal plan showed 46,721 new housing starts in B.C. last year, but projected a 16.5 per cent decrease this year to just 39,033 starts.

  Politics

  Mar 2
• Interest rates chill Canada’s housing market in January as sales hit 14-year low

  Canada's housing market saw a 14-year low in sales and a more than two-year low in new building activity in January, according to new data released Wednesday.

  Money

  Feb 15
• B.C. housing minister calls on Ottawa to tie housing funding to immigrant arrivals

  Other than Quebec, the provinces has little control of how many new immigrants arrive in a province and what areas of the province they move to.

  Politics

  Jan 3
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• N.B. to consider making landlords justify rental increases, minister says

  The New Brunswick government says it will end it's temporary rent cap on Dec. 31, in part, because it is deterring the development of new housing.

  Politics

  Dec 8, 2022
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• Annual pace of housing starts in Canada slowed in October, CMHC says

  The national housing agency says the seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts in October was 267,055 units, down 11 per cent from 298,811 units in September.

  Economy

  Nov 16, 2022