Thursday, May 1, 2008

Housing Starts Down, Commercial Construction Skyrocketing

March housing starts were down 59% from March ’07 and were down 31% for the first quarter according to a report released by CMHC today. Single family homes are down for the 9th month in a row, representing the lowest level of activity since 1996. Completions meanwhile are actually up 13% from last year - that means more inventory coming on the market now, but less in the future. Completed, unoccupied homes stands at 902 (a record) - although I’d have to disagree with this stat. By unoccupied I think they mean unsol[...]

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[Source: The Money Blogs]

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