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WFB Briefs: Canadian Housing Starts Fall 3.9%; New Horizon Forest Hire

WFB Editors
Sep 28, 2021

Canadian housing starts fell 3.9% in August to 260,239 units. Urban starts decreased 4.7% and multiple urban starts fell 5.7%. The full Canadian housing report can be found here.

 

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