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Mar 15, 2022
CMHC reports annual pace of housing starts in February up from January
The Canadian Press
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Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts in February rose eight per cent compared with January.
The national housing agency says the seasonally adjusted rate of housing starts came in at 247,256 units for February, up from 229,185 in January.
The overall increase came as the pace of urban starts rose 10 per cent to 222,563.
The annual rate of urban starts of apartments, condos and other types of multiple-unit housing project gained 13 per cent to come in at 161,912, while single-detached urban starts increased two per cent to finish at 60,651.
CMHC estimated rural starts at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 24,693 units.
The six-month moving average of the monthly seasonally adjusted annual rates of housing starts was 251,579 in February, down from 253,864 in January.
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