Montreal-area housing starts expected to drop in 2019

While housing starts in the Montreal region are on-track to rise this year, the Association des professionnels de la construction et de l’habitation du Québec is forecasting a 12-per-cent decline in 2019.
Housing starts are forecast to rise eight per cent this year, to 26,277, after rising by 38 per cent from 2016 to 2017.
Even with the 12-per-cent drop expected next year, the forecasted 23,229 starts will be still be higher than 2016 levels.
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