{"id":807533,"date":"2026-07-17T09:19:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T09:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/807533\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T09:19:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T09:19:44","slug":"cmhc-reports-annual-rate-of-housing-starts-in-june-down-six-per-cent-from-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/807533\/","title":{"rendered":"CMHC reports annual rate of housing starts in June down six per cent from May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/6B58EC339DAFFCF606642C3FED1B1CCC07E59B459223EEB9B5C115F05B05F19A\/subgraphmysterio\/resizefit_w960;quality_80;format_webp\/https:%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fcp_finance_889%2Fc44b2ba74fc63b7036dee1c06fae09dd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" height=\"621\" width=\"960\" class=\"yf-lglytj loader\"\/><\/a> Carpenters build new homes in Ottawa on Monday, June 1, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Sean Kilpatrick &#8211; The Canadian Press           <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">OTTAWA \u2014 Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts in June fell six per cent compared with May.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">The national housing agency says the seasonally adjusted rate of housing starts came in at 238,971 units in June compared with 253,083 in May.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">The six-month moving average of the seasonally adjusted annual rate was 248,123 units for June, down 2.8 per cent from May.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">The results came as CMHC says the number of units under construction in centres with a population of 50,000 or more totalled 375,469 in June, up 0.2 per cent from May, while completions rose 8.4 per cent to 18,298.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">The number of units with approved building permits but not yet started amounted to 137,324 in June, down 1.1 per cent from May.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">The seasonally adjusted annual rate of rural starts in June was estimated at 11,141 units.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 16, 2026.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">The Canadian Press  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carpenters build new homes in Ottawa on Monday, June 1, 2026. 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