Edmonton housing starts surge

IanO · 09-08-2012, 02:30 PM

Edmonton housing starts surge

BY BILL MAH, EDMONTON JOURNAL AUGUST 9, 2012 1:01 PM

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House construction in Edmonton.
Photograph by: File photo , edmontonjournal.com
EDMONTON - Jobs and newcomers are boosting home construction in the Edmonton region to levels not seen since the early 2000s, according to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.

Housing starts in the Edmonton census metropolitan area for July surged to 1,435, up from 1,034 in July 2011.

“Housing starts in Edmonton continue to be supported by employment growth and net migration,” said David Lan, CMHC senior market analyst for Edmonton.

Lan pointed to Statistics Canada figures showing net migration to Alberta jumped to 22,067 people in the first quarter of 2012, compared to the 8,983 in the same quarter in 2011.

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/busin...304/story.html

ScottieA · 09-08-2012, 02:41 PM

I added to that July number

edmonton daily photo · 09-08-2012, 08:15 PM

It ran in the Calgary herald too... Positive news about in edm in the herald... Must have been a slow news day or someone was in a really good news

;p

ScottieA · 10-08-2012, 11:56 AM

What surprised me is how many more preliminary housing starts there were in Edmonton compared to Calgary in July (1,435 and 910 respectively).

http://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/odpub/esu...5_2012_M08.pdf

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmont...july-2012.html

09-08-2012, 02:30 PM	#1
IanO Addicted to C2E Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Edmonton	Edmonton housing starts surge Edmonton housing starts surge BY BILL MAH, EDMONTON JOURNAL AUGUST 9, 2012 1:01 PM STORYPHOTOS ( 1 ) House construction in Edmonton. Photograph by: File photo , edmontonjournal.com EDMONTON - Jobs and newcomers are boosting home construction in the Edmonton region to levels not seen since the early 2000s, according to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. Housing starts in the Edmonton census metropolitan area for July surged to 1,435, up from 1,034 in July 2011. “Housing starts in Edmonton continue to be supported by employment growth and net migration,” said David Lan, CMHC senior market analyst for Edmonton. Lan pointed to Statistics Canada figures showing net migration to Alberta jumped to 22,067 people in the first quarter of 2012, compared to the 8,983 in the same quarter in 2011. http://www.edmontonjournal.com/busin...304/story.html __________________ inspiration or mediocrity www.decl.org Ottawa-Edmonton-Vancouver-Edmonton

09-08-2012, 02:41 PM	#2
ScottieA Addicted to C2E Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Edmonton	I added to that July number __________________ Formerly known as Megatron

09-08-2012, 08:15 PM	#3
edmonton daily photo Addicted to C2E Join Date: May 2008	It ran in the Calgary herald too... Positive news about in edm in the herald... Must have been a slow news day or someone was in a really good news ;p __________________ "Do you give people who already use transit a better service, or do you build it where they don't use it in the hopes they might start to use it?" Nenshi

10-08-2012, 11:56 AM	#4
ScottieA Addicted to C2E Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Edmonton	What surprised me is how many more preliminary housing starts there were in Edmonton compared to Calgary in July (1,435 and 910 respectively). http://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/odpub/esu...5_2012_M08.pdf http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmont...july-2012.html __________________ Formerly known as Megatron