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- Canada's housing starts end 2019 on a softer note – RBC
Canada's housing starts end 2019 on a softer note – RBC
Josh Nye, the senior economist at the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), notes that Canada's housing starts slowed to 197,000 annualized units in December, while building permits edged down to 220,000 in November.
- "Housing starts lost a bit of steam toward the end of last year, slipping to an annualized pace of 201,000 in Q4/19 from a rate closer to 220,000 in the prior two quarters. We think starts will settle in the middle of that range in 2020, not far from the 209,000 pace seen in 2019. That would be consistent with a resurgent housing market-which we see extending into this year-and strong demographics (Canada's population now growing at its fastest rate since the early-90s). Also, with building permits still running faster than the pace of starts (and having done so for more than a year) we think there is scope for the latter to improve early this year.
- While today's data fell short of consensus, we don't think it does much to dent the narrative that Canada's housing market has shifted from a drag on growth to providing moderate support."
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