Total New Housing Starts (Seasonable adjusted and annualized)
Province |
August 2008 |
August 2007 |
July 2008 |
July 2007 |
Newfoundland/Labrador |
3,100 |
2,400 |
1,800 |
2,400 |
PEI |
700 |
700 |
400 |
600 |
Nova Scotia |
3,300 |
5,700 |
3,400 |
3,900 |
New Brunswick |
3,800 |
4,700 |
3,200 |
4,500 |
Quebec |
43,300 |
50,700 |
43,900 |
49,300 |
Ontario |
89,800 |
69,300 |
59,200 |
64,700 |
Manitoba |
5,400 |
6,900 |
3,400 |
5,100 |
Saskatchewan |
5,300 |
6,400 |
4,700 |
6,100 |
Alberta |
22,900 |
50,500 |
29,000 |
44,000 |
British Columbia |
33,500 |
38,500 |
37,300 |
35,000 |
CANADA |
211,100 |
235,800 |
186,500 |
181,800 |
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Source: CMHC Housing Now September 2008 and September 2007. This seasonally adjusted data goes through stages of revision at different times of the year.
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Source: The Canadian Real Estate Association |
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Luxury Home Sales
Market |
Price Point |
Sales/07 |
Sales/08 |
% +/- |
% +/- |
Greater Vancouver |
$2 million |
370 |
390 |
5 |
-24 |
Victoria |
$1 million |
159 |
165 |
4 |
-18 |
Kelowna |
$1 million |
71 |
63 |
-11 |
-30 |
Edmonton |
$850,000 |
110 |
67 |
-64 |
-23 |
Calgary |
$1 million |
312 |
258 |
-17 |
-30 |
Regina |
$500,000 |
17 |
69 |
306 |
-11 |
Saskatoon |
$500,000 |
11 |
19 |
72 |
-14 |
Winnipeg |
$500,000 |
62 |
117 |
89 |
0.01 |
London |
$350,000 |
383 |
435 |
14 |
-9 |
Kitchener/Waterloo |
$500,000 |
128 |
188 |
47 |
-5 |
Hamilton/Burlington |
$750,000 |
76 |
50 |
-34 |
-7 |
Greater Toronto |
$1.5 million |
505 |
487 |
-5 |
-13 |
Ottawa |
$750,000 |
99 |
135 |
36 |
-3 |
Halifax/Dartmouth |
$400,000 |
218 |
262 |
20 |
-7 |
St. John’s |
$400,000 |
28 |
50 |
78 |
11 |
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Source: RE/MAX, Local Real Estate Boards, September 2008 |
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