Toronto Housing Starts Increase in October 2016

Posted by: Toronto Real Estate Admin / Category: News Bulletin

TORONTO, November 8, 2016 — Housing starts in the Toronto Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) trended higher at 39,664 units in October 2016 compared to 37,948 in September 2016 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.

“Toronto’s housing starts trend rebounded in October after two months of decline,” said Dana Senagama, CMHC Principal Market Analyst for the GTA. “Limited resale listings of single-detached homes continue to cause demand to spill over into the new home market, prompting a pick-up in home construction.”

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 complete picture of the state of the housing market. In some situations, analysing only SAAR data can be misleading in some markets, as they are largely driven by the multiples segment of the markets which can be quite variable from one month to the next.

The standalone monthly SAAR was 47,972 units in October, up from 30,228 units in September. The increase was mainly a result of more apartment starts.

The City of Toronto recorded the highest number of starts within the Toronto CMA primarily due to a large number of apartment starts. This was followed by the City of Brampton, which had higher single-detached starts. Next was the Town of East Gwillimbury that saw construction begin on a number of low-rise homes.

Preliminary Housing Starts data is also available in English and French at the following link: Preliminary Housing Starts Tables

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Information on This Release:

Media Contact:
Angelina Ritacco
416-218-3320
Cell.: 647-210-7420
aritacco@cmhc-schl.gc.ca

Additional data is available upon request.

Source: CMHC

Source: CMHC
1 Census Metropolitan Area
2 The trend is a six-month moving average of the monthly seasonally adjusted annual rates (SAAR). By removing seasonal ups and downs, seasonal adjustment allows for comparison of adjacent months and quarters. The monthly and quarterly SAAR and trend figures indicate the annual level of starts that would be obtained if the same pace of monthly or quarterly construction activity was maintained for 12 months. This facilitates comparison of the current pace of activity to annual forecasts as well as to historical annual levels.
Detailed data available upon request

Source: CMHC

Source: CMHC

Article source: http://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/corp/nero/nere/2016/2016-11-08-0816c.cfm

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