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  • New Housing Price Index, Canada: December 2017

    Nationally, prices for new houses in Canada were unchanged in December, while showing limited growth in some markets, according to Statistics Canada February 8. In December, new house prices in Canada were unchanged for the first time since April 2015. Buyers in 15 of the 27 census metropolitan areas surveyed saw no price change. Increases…

  • Canada Building Permits, Construction Investment: 2017

    The value of building permits issued by Canadian municipalities declined 7.7 per cent to $7.7 billion in November, said Statistics Canada Monday. CANADA CONSTRUCTION INVESTMENT AND BUILDING PERMITS: 2017 Investment in non-residential building construction in Canada totalled $13.7 billion in the fourth quarter, up 1.6 per cent over the previous quarter, marking a third consecutive…

  • Building Permits, Canada: August 2017

    Canadian municipalities issued $7.5 billion worth of building permits in August, down 5.5 per cent from July, according to Statistics Canada Tuesday. This was the second consecutive monthly decrease. Despite these declines, the year-to-date value of building permits (January to August) is up 8.7 per cent compared with the same period in 2016, reflecting a…

  • Canada Housing Starts: September 2017

    Canadian housing starts dipped in September, capping another quarter of strong home building growth, but a drop in August building permits suggested the long boom is cooling, separate reports from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation showed Tuesday. Groundbreaking on homes in Canada edged slightly lower in September to 217,118 units from August’s upwardly revised 225,918…

  • Canada Investment in New Housing Construction: June 2017

    Investment in new housing construction in Canada rose 7.2 per cent from June 2016 to $4.7 billion in June, said Statistics Canada Tuesday. The increase was mostly attributable to higher investment in single family dwellings (+$257.9 million). All but one province saw an increase in new housing investment in June 2017. The largest increase was…