{"id":13,"date":"2026-10-19T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/jadsawaya-ca\/2026\/10\/19\/canada-housing-starts-trend-down-1-3\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T11:00:00","slug":"canada-housing-starts-trend-down-1-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jadsawaya.ca\/blog\/2026\/10\/19\/canada-housing-starts-trend-down-1-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Housing Starts Trend Down 1.3%"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/jad-sawaya\/cmhc-expects-housing-starts-slowdown-to-continue-toward-year-end-remotion-videos-0006\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>We\u2019re seeing a subtle shift in Canada\u2019s housing market as the 6-month trend for housing starts dipped about 1% in mid-Q3, settling near 244,000 annualized units. The monthly annualized pace held steady at approximately 229,000. In larger Canadian centres, actual starts reached 17,700 in the same period\u2014a 2% decline from last year\u2014and the first eight months of this year saw 149,500 starts, down 4%. The volume of homes under construction in cities with more than 50,000 residents slipped by less than 1% month-over-month to 371,700, indicating a robust pipeline even as activity cools. Meanwhile, completions dropped 11% month-over-month to 17,600 units, and permits granted but not yet started nudged up just under 1% to 142,400, suggesting a steady stream of upcoming projects. While housing starts remain higher than in recent years, the overall trend points to continued moderation as we approach year-end. As someone who closely monitors both commercial and residential real estate activity in Quebec, I see these numbers as a helpful barometer for planning ahead and navigating negotiations with greater insight.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re seeing a subtle shift in Canada\u2019s housing market as the 6-month trend for housing starts dipped about 1% in mid-Q3, settling near 244,000 annualized units. The monthly annualized pace held steady at approximately 229,000. In larger Canadian centres, actual starts reached 17,700 in the same period\u2014a 2% decline from last year\u2014and the first eight [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":616,"featured_media":14,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jadsawaya.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jadsawaya.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jadsawaya.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jadsawaya.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/616"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jadsawaya.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jadsawaya.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jadsawaya.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jadsawaya.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jadsawaya.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jadsawaya.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}