Urban starts are up 2.5% boosted by a 12.5% rise in multi-unit homes
OTTAWA — Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts ticked higher in October, boosted by construction of multi-unit homes.

The housing agency says housing starts for the month came in at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 222,771 units in October, up from 219,293 units in September.

The annualized pace of urban starts increased by 2.5% in October to 205,935 units boosted by a 12.5% jump in multiple urban starts to 149,593.

Single-detached urban starts fell 17.1% to 56,342 units.

Rural starts were estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 16,836 units.

The six-month moving average of the monthly seasonally adjusted annual rates of housing starts was 216,770 units in October, up from 215,153 units in September.

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