Housing Starts Down in PG So Far This Year

Monday, August 11, 2008 09:58 AM

Prince George, B.C.- Housing starts are down not only for July but for the year to date in Prince George. That’s the latest information from Canada Mortgage and Housing.

The stats show the starts of single detached homes are down 58.1% for July of this year compared to July of 2007. Multiple family dwellings are down 50% for the month compared to July of last year.

On year to date numbers, the single detached starts are down 45.1 % and multiple family dwellings are up 50% for an overall change of -34.5%.

Here are the stats for Prince George and other centres in the province:

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Posted by: jonnypg on August 11 2008 11:21 AM

And they just keep on building these new subdivisions!

Posted by: bohemian on August 11 2008 11:28 AM

Re new subdivisions:

Council desperation = Developers' manipulation.

See Gaming Centre re-zoning tonight. See also TCC zoning in the first place, Westgate development, etc., etc.

Posted by: lmorg on August 11 2008 12:06 PM

Maybe they'll lower their prices now those highway robbers

Posted by: Harbinger on August 11 2008 12:10 PM

Kinda down in the subdivision on Tyner near Domano too. What to do, eh?

Posted by: Eagleone on August 11 2008 5:00 PM

Its kind of good to see any building going on considering the potential state of the local economy. In 2009 we might not be so lucky IMO. Still we're the slowest growing region in the province.

Posted by: robichal on August 11 2008 9:41 PM

we are, and we probably always will be. Practically all one hears is negativety about PG, why would anyone move here,especially if they EVER looked on this site - this is enough to scare anyone off moving here. I think if people hate pg so much they should just leave, I don't understand why you people stay. I find it very aggravating - quit bitchin' and move!

Posted by: Harbinger on August 12 2008 1:26 PM

We don't hate PG. Myself? I love this "gritty mill town".I used to drive down to Vancouver every summer and boy, was I glad to get home! Too many people, too many cars, 4 lanes into two lanes into one lane just to get across the Port Mann bridge anytime of day. Here we don't have AirCare, transit levies and helicopters telling us which way to get home. It is nice sitting down to dinner and watching those Lower Mainland losers waiting to cross a bridge that has a jumper or an accident. People just like to bitch and complain. I call it "making observations". Lighten up.