Friday, January 17, 1997 - North Shore News - 57

STRONG sales of exisung
homes and an increase in cone
struction gave most local
housing markets a significant
boost in 1996, according to
the Canada Mor-gage and
Housing Corporation
(CMHC).

The forecast for neat year
is encouraging as well,

“With employment grow:
ing in many Canadian cities,
More consumers are fecting
confident about buyin a
home,” said Bruno CMHC
market analyst uhamel.
“With more and more peopic
able to sell their homes. high-
er levels af repeat: bisa are
expected over the neat year”

the CMHC torecast pre:
dicts that resales will rise bv
23% this vear and by a further
three per cont neat year,

New home construction
will be up ia 21 of 27 major
centres in 1996, tor a rise oF
ning per ceary and should
increase in 2) cities again in
1ag7, ‘ .
Calgary will take its place E ; E = : oe, Wane sis =
among the three most active

narkets in Canada, following . .
Toronto and Vancouver. Ni isty im 0 u nta i i hop

Total housing starts in

Calgary are expected to hita COMMUTERS from the North Shore to downtown Vancouver had a foggy drive one recent morning as the winter fog rolied into Burrard
15-year high in 1997, intet. For the past week North Shore residents have awakened to the sound of fog horns bellowing from ships in the Vancouver port.

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