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f : Spe starts rose 13.9% in June toa
seasonally adjusted: annual:
rate of 114,600. units froma”:
“May Jevel of 101.500 units, ©
reports Canada Mortgage
and ” Housing Corporation
“ (CMHC). .

in urbun centres. starts of
single’ detached dwellings
rase 14.1% to 46,100 units in
June, compared with 40,400
units in May. Multiple-unit
construction — moved = up
18.9% tc 46,600 units from
39,200 units the ‘previous
month, : :
_ “The June figures signal a.
‘turnaround in construction.”

said’: CMHC economist
Leonard Fitzpatrick. .“New
“home building should contin-.,
‘ue-lo improve over the com-
ing . months. as — housing

demand picks up.”
‘British - Columbia urban
starts rose..15.% inJune rela
_tive to, the previous month!
The gain reflected increased
construction “of :condomini«:
‘um! and singletdetached

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