Infoline Highlights: Coverage for the week of December 10-14

Price of New Housing - The cost of new housing in the province’s three largest cities was higher in October than in the same month last year. The 1.1% increase in Victoria was mostly the result of a climb in housing prices (+1.3%), but land value (+0.6%) was also higher.
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Household Spending - Spending by households in British Columbia averaged $71,001 in 2017, slightly more than the national average of $63,723. Alberta ($72,957) was the only province where household expenditures were higher than those in B.C.
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Building Permits - The value of building permits increased 3.0% (seasonally adjusted) in October from the previous month. An increase in permits for residential (+14.5%) buildings offset decreases in industrial (‑27.2%), commercial (‑24.7%), and institutional (‑14.2%) projects.
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Current Surveys

• Baccalaureate Graduates Survey
  
• BC Hydro Workforce Profile Survey
• BC Public Service Exit Survey
• BC Public Service New Job Survey
  
• Canada-BC Job Grant Outcomes Survey
• FrontCounter BC Customer Satisfaction Survey
• Long Term Disability (LTD) Application Process Survey

You can read more about any of these by visiting our Current and Recent Surveys page.