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Edition: January 16, 2017
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Infoline Highlights: Coverage for the week of January 9-13
Building Permits - The value of building permits issued by B.C. municipalities climbed (+14.7%, seasonally adjusted) in November, adding to a 12.5% boost in October. Residential permits jumped (+21.1%), building on the previous month’s (+11.3%) gain.
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Price of New Housing -Relative to the same month of 2015, the cost of new housing in B.C.’s two largest cities continued to climb in November of 2016. Home builders in Vancouver received 4.4% more for their projects, and Victoria’s housing price index was up 5.1%.
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Housing Starts - The number of housing starts in the province’s urban areas (population of 10,000+) continue to seesaw, sliding 10.2% (seasonally adjusted) in December, after surging (+74.9%) in the previous month. Canadian starts climbed 11.8%, as some provinces posted increases that were well into the double digits.
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Urban housing starts in the province dipped 10.2% in December.
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Did You Know
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Source: Ipsos Canada

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Headlines
- The value of building permits in B.C. increased in November.
- New housing values in B.C. increased in comparison to November 2015.
- B.C.'s housing starts dropped in December after rising in November.

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