Housing Starts Down In P.G. Last Month

Friday, December 08, 2006 09:28 AM

Housing starts in Prince George were down last month compared to November of last year, but, year to date the numbers are still pretty good

CMHC’s stats for Prince George for November are as follows:

Single Detached				Multiples			Total
'05	'06	% change	'05	'06	%change	'05	'06	%change
28	23	-17.9%	5	0	-100%	33	23	-30.3%

The starts wee so strong earlier the year, the year to date figures still show an overall increase:

January to November:

Single Detached				Multiples			Total
'05	'06	%change	'05	'06	%change	'05	'06	%change
248	266	7.3%	25	37	48.0%	273	303	11.0%

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Posted on Friday, December 08, 2006 09:28 AM in News by 250 News

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Comments

Posted by: charles on December 8 2006 6:52 PM

I sure hope that when people are considering whether or not to have a new house built, they take a good hard look at what is currently happening in the housing market in the United States.

Posted by: Free Enterprise on December 9 2006 6:48 PM

The USA at one time did effect Canada but not this go around. Canada is in very strong shape.