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CMHC reports annual pace of housing starts in April down 1% from March

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts in April edged down one per cent compared with March.

Ottawa home prices expected to approach 2022 levels by end of year: CMHC

Ottawa, Real Estate, Residential

Ottawa home prices are expected to approach peak levels last seen in 2022 by the end of this year before climbing to new highs by

Annual pace of housing starts in Ottawa-Gatineau down 43% in January: CMHC

Ottawa

Ottawa-Gatineau’s annual pace of housing starts fell 43 per cent in January, but were up from the same month a year earlier, says CMHC.

Annualized pace of local housing starts increases 1% in December

Ottawa

Despite a flurry of activity in December, Ottawa-Gatineau’s annual pace of housing starts stayed fairly flat, increasing one per cent compared with November, per the

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CMHC says Ottawa-Gatineau housing starts surged in June

Real Estate, Construction

Ottawa-Gatineau’s annual pace of housing starts soared in June, Canada’s housing agency says, part of a nationwide trend that saw the pace of starts post

Housing affordability will deteriorate unless we act soon: CMHC chief economist

Residential, Real Estate

The CMHC is worried housing affordability will deteriorate unless the country acts on supply challenges and other housing measures soon.

Average home prices in Ottawa will not revert to pre-pandemic levels this year: CMHC

Real Estate, Residential

The federal housing agency is predicting that home prices in the capital will come in at an average of $640,000 on the low end and

Ottawa rents rise 2.2% in 2021, vacancy rate holds steady, CMHC says

Residential

While a “considerable number” of new units were added to the city’s rental housing stock last year, the agency said demand rose enough to keep

Ottawa’s rental apartment vacancy rate jumps to 3.9%: CMHC

Residential

More than 2,300 new rental units were added to the city’s inventory last year, yet the agency estimates that only about 890 of those were

Gatineau builders fuel surge of multi-res housing starts in December

Residential

Ottawa-Gatineau’s apartment-building bonanza continued to drive the local housing construction market in December, with the number of multi-unit starts nearly doubling year-over-year