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Housing starts are on the way down in Calgary. ! z% ^6 ]8 r( ~! @" S) H
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The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation says there will be just over 14 thousand units built in the city this year.
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: a( Z) N& D% @That includes both single and multifamily homes but that’s down 16 per cent from last year. ) L. P" X7 l& _7 A' C Y
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Hardest hit is the single-family home market, which is down 27 per cent from 2006.
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In 2006 over 10 thousand 5 hundred detached homes were built.
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l/ x* S* o3 s: g1 N7 o, ?That was a record year for the city. * \, w* p4 D% J2 ?. B5 U
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The Conference Board of Canada says Alberta's worker shortage is putting upward pressure on wages right across the country.
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4 o6 c7 D1 C! H% f! TBut officials say because of Alberta’s low unemployment, and abundance of job opportunities, the province is expected to face a drop in net migrants between now and the end of 2008.
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" v: a$ L# A+ [& yIt is due in part to the growing difference in provincial housing prices and improved economic conditions in other provinces. / K/ G6 q& o- A: u; @; S4 l3 I) f4 C, i
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