May 2015 Housing Starts in Canada
(firmenpresse) - OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwired) -- 06/08/15 -- The trend measure of housing starts in Canada was 181,231 units in May compared to 179,524 in April, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six-month moving average of the monthly seasonally adjusted annual rates (SAAR) of housing starts.
"The small increase in the trend was primarily driven by higher multiple starts in Ontario, the Atlantic region, and Quebec. Despite month-to-month variation in multiple starts, CMHC expects builders will continue to focus on managing inventory of completed but unsold units - inventory that is still above historical average," said Bob Dugan, CMHC''s Chief Economist. "CMHC also forecasts slight moderation in housing starts in 2015 and 2016, reflecting a slowdown in housing market activity in oil-producing provinces that will partly be offset by increased activity in provinces that are seeing the positive impacts of low oil prices."
CMHC uses the trend measure as a complement to the monthly SAAR of housing starts to account for considerable swings in monthly estimates and obtain a more complete picture of the state of Canada''s housing market. In some situations analyzing only SAAR data can be misleading, as they are largely driven by the multi-unit segment of the market which can vary significantly from one month to the next.
The standalone monthly SAAR was 201,705 units in May, up from 183,329 units in April. The SAAR of urban starts increased by 10.8 per cent in May to 185,235 units. Multi-unit urban starts increased by 16.9 per cent to 126,367 units in May, while the single-detached urban starts segment essentially held steady at 58,868 units.
In May, the seasonally adjusted annual rate of urban starts increased in Atlantic Canada, Ontario and Quebec, while it decreased in British Columbia and the Prairies.
Rural starts were estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 16,470 units.
Preliminary Housing Starts data is also available in English and French at the following link:
As Canada''s authority on housing, CMHC contributes to the stability of the housing market and financial system, provides support for Canadians in housing need, and offers objective housing research and information to Canadian governments, consumers and the housing industry.
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