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LYING AT ANCHOR at Allied Shipyards, the Frank Broderick ‘reflects in

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‘Some, 3, 127 housing: unite
were. cable m urban Briti

28, 273 ‘units up 46 p per ‘cent 2.
over. the same ‘period ‘last

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This substantial increase

in: production finds its

‘in: the ‘multiples
sector, ‘where statts are up
86 per cent in the first eleven
months. of . this. year. as
compared to the same

period. in 1979.. Multiple
vearts totalled 13, 350 unita in.

urban ‘British Columbia for
the January - November 1980
period as compared to 7,183
units for the same period in
1979. Further, the o atrength is is

ae
spread a across all of urban
British Columbia and is not
., confined to. the Vancouver
area, ;
; Elsewhere housing activity

is: in’ ‘the ‘doldrums, The
Seasonally’ Adjusted Annual ;
“Rate for all arcas of Canada ©

in. November was: 175,600
‘units as compared to 188,100
units in October..

Indications are that starts
in all areas of Canada will
total 160,000 units in 1980 as
compared to 197,000 units in
1979 and 228,000 units: in,
1978.

Housing starts in urban
British Columbia totalled
3,127 units in November, up
36 per cent over the the
2 "301 units started sin the

same month last year, Single
at 1,527)

detached starts,

Bridge (Iasi Smith photo)

units are up 16 per cent over
the 1,317 units started in
November -1979, and starts
of all other types are up 63
per cent, from 984 ‘units in
November "1979 to °1,600 .
units November 1980, ;
In urban Canada, housing
starts totalled 13,024 units in
November 1980, down 15
per cent from 15,264 units
started in the same month
last year. The decline
continues to be . focused
across all types of housing
activity. Year to date figures
show that single detached
starts at 55,358 units are
down 18 per cent from
67,866 units for the same
period last year. Similarly,
starts of all other types, at
59,568 units to the end of

Noyember 1980 are down 16

per cent over the 70,163
units’ started in the same
period of 1979, .

Housing starts , in the
Vancouver - Metropolitan.
area totalled 1,641 units in
November 1980, up 16 per.
cent over the 1,419 started in
the same month of 1979: The
strength of the monthly
increase was in all other
types which totalled 944
units this month as com-
pared to 666 units in
November 1979. By contrast
starts of single detached
units fell by 7
753 units in November 1979
to 697 units in November
1980.

On a cummulative basis,
starts in the Vancouver
M.A. are at 15,418 units, up oe
32 per cent over 1979... -

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