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Metropolitan housing starts: September 2021 The Conference Board of Canada, September 27, 2021 Online experience by Jane McIntyre

Metropolitan housing starts: September 2021

The Conference Board of Canada, September 27, 2021
Online experience by Jane McIntyre

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The monthly Metropolitan housing starts publication provides the recent trends in housing starts for 28 metropolitan areas and expectations for starts over both the short and long term. Document Highlights Only two census metropolitan areas (CMAs) this month have positive short- and long-term expectations, three fewer than last month. These are the CMAs in the up-up quadrant. Most CMAs have negative long-term expectations for September—not surprising, given the recent pandemic-fuelled strength in markets across the country. The CMAs with the biggest year-over-year percentage decrease in housing starts in August were Halifax, Québec City, Greater Sudbury, Oshawa, and Abbotsford–Mission. Saguenay had the largest year-over-year percentage increase in starts last month, though smaller cities do tend to have larger swings in the data on a monthly basis.

The monthly Metropolitan housing starts publication provides the recent trends in housing starts for 28 metropolitan areas and expectations for starts over both the short and long term.

Document Highlights

Only two census metropolitan areas (CMAs) this month have positive short- and long-term expectations, three fewer than last month. These are the CMAs in the up-up quadrant.
Most CMAs have negative long-term expectations for September—not surprising, given the recent pandemic-fuelled strength in markets across the country.
The CMAs with the biggest year-over-year percentage decrease in housing starts in August were Halifax, Québec City, Greater Sudbury, Oshawa, and Abbotsford–Mission.
Saguenay had the largest year-over-year percentage increase in starts last month, though smaller cities do tend to have larger swings in the data on a monthly basis.