{"id":13,"date":"2026-10-09T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/umarmukhtar-com\/2026\/10\/09\/housing-starts-and-construction-data-for-august-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T12:00:00","slug":"housing-starts-and-construction-data-for-august-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umarmukhtar.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/09\/housing-starts-and-construction-data-for-august-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Housing starts and construction data for August 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>August brought a slight dip in Canada\u2019s housing starts, down 1.3%, with urban areas seeing a 2% year-over-year decrease. Completions fell by 11.2%, and while some regions did see an uptick, the overall trend is pointing downward for now. As someone who\u2019s spent nearly a decade helping families find their footing in Chilliwack, I know how shifts like these can weigh on your plans and expectations. My focus is always on helping you navigate these changes\u2014so you can feel confident, whether you\u2019re making your first move or searching for a space that fits your family\u2019s next chapter.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/ca.finance.yahoo.com\/news\/housing-starts-construction-data-august-121500661.html\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August brought a slight dip in Canada\u2019s housing starts, down 1.3%, with urban areas seeing a 2% year-over-year decrease. Completions fell by 11.2%, and while some regions did see an uptick, the overall trend is pointing downward for now. As someone who\u2019s spent nearly a decade helping families find their footing in Chilliwack, I know [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":565,"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.umarmukhtar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umarmukhtar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umarmukhtar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umarmukhtar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/565"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umarmukhtar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.umarmukhtar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umarmukhtar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umarmukhtar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umarmukhtar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umarmukhtar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}