Toronto housing starts ↓10% yearly versus the previous year, a clear sign construction activity moderated in the city's larger urban market during current tracking.
Toronto was tracking 37 building permits tied to 6.6K condominium apartment units where construction had not yet begun in the current pipeline.
The agency said some pending projects could still move forward, because related pre-sales likely happened much earlier than the current reduction in sales activity.
Housing-start data can lag current conditions, because large Toronto projects move through planning and pre-sale phases, permit issuance, then actual construction before starts appear.
That means Toronto's current starts may understate real-time activity, and some permitted condo units could still break ground as the pending pipeline advances.
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