{"id":29,"date":"2026-10-17T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/umarmukhtar-com\/2026\/10\/17\/cmhc-housing-starts-remain-steady-despite-august-dip\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T17:00:00","slug":"cmhc-housing-starts-remain-steady-despite-august-dip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umarmukhtar.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/17\/cmhc-housing-starts-remain-steady-despite-august-dip\/","title":{"rendered":"CMHC: Housing Starts Remain Steady Despite August Dip"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>I\u2019m always watching the housing numbers, because even the smallest shifts can matter when you\u2019re planning your next move. In August, Canada\u2019s annual housing starts inched down to 229,046 units from July\u2019s 229,360. Urban starts took a dip, while rural starts reached 11,224. The six-month average slipped by 1.3%. Interestingly, Quebec and Alberta saw gains, but those were balanced out by declines in Ontario.<\/p>\n<p>For families here in Chilliwack and the Fraser Valley, these details shape the landscape as you look for a place to put down roots. My focus has always been on helping you navigate changes like these with clarity and confidence\u2014because finding the right home isn\u2019t just about numbers, it\u2019s about your next chapter.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisgFBVV95cUxPbEU1Y2lDNS1tY0ZXOF9WVXF3eFA0eFhIdUJqNFlzaElramdsb1hxcFhWTzhJVFZMN2JhcXdEUW0zSVVMZThEYzhYUGdETTJOdzNXbW5IS3U3d0h6Z2YzQll2YnJzWXhBb0wwSEQwTDRDTTh4ZEZ4RUUyeUNINUVHaDRBQ0dXdXpHb0thc25lWHJYcGJoSVpUdXRRYzNEVDR1SjJDRGh4QlBwOGNLQWM0S2l3?oc=5&amp;hl=en-US&amp;gl=US&amp;ceid=US:en\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m always watching the housing numbers, because even the smallest shifts can matter when you\u2019re planning your next move. In August, Canada\u2019s annual housing starts inched down to 229,046 units from July\u2019s 229,360. Urban starts took a dip, while rural starts reached 11,224. The six-month average slipped by 1.3%. Interestingly, Quebec and Alberta saw gains, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":565,"featured_media":30,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29","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\/29","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=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.umarmukhtar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umarmukhtar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umarmukhtar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umarmukhtar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umarmukhtar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}