Economic Indicators
Canadian housing starts fall 23% in May – CMHC
2023.06.15 16:39
© Reuters. Houses are seen under construction in a neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada April 17, 2023. REUTERS/Lars Hagberg
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian housing starts fell 23% in May compared with the previous month as groundbreaking decreased on multiple unit and single-family detached urban homes, data from the national housing agency showed on Thursday.
The seasonally adjusted annualized rate of housing starts fell to 202,494 units from a marginally revised 261,357 units in April, the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) said.
Economists in a Reuters poll expected starts to decrease to 235,000 in May.
