EAL ESTATE Housing market still strong BRITISH COLUMBIA'S housing market is foreeast to remain active in the next two years, according to the National Housing Outlook report issued last month ty the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). Housing construction and housing sales are forecast to stay high but below recent record levels. The economy is steadily improving and migration is strong. The recent steep hikes in mortgage rates are expected CnC zs lo have a temporary dampen- ing effect on the market. “Housing sides in the coming months will slow but when interest rates move down Jater this vear. sales should begin to pick up.” said Helmut Pastrict. senior advis- er of economic and market analysis for the CMHC B.C. and Yukon region. “Lot sup- ply and financing constraints will timit construction,” Nationally, housing starts are forecast at 157.900 units in 1994, changing little from lust year. A moderately strong mar- Ket is eapected in 1995, Ontarie ts expected to account for most of the rise. “While most areas of the province continue to show an increase in average property sales values over the year before, those increases are not ds spectacular as in years past.” said BCREA president Jim MeNeal. “And this indi- cates to me that the people we see in the market now are those who genuinely want to buy or sell for personal rather than investment reasons." FEATURE HOME OF THE WEEK 2554 JURA CRESC. GARIGBALD!I HIGHLANDS SQUAMISH $219, 000 CHRIS CASS, B. Comm. 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