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Warm March heats up Sault home construction

Housing starts in Sault Ste. Marie last month were way up over March 2009. Information released today by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) shows six new single-detached starts in 2010, compared with only one a year ago.
Rick McGee
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Housing starts in Sault Ste. Marie last month were way up over March 2009.

Information released today by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) shows six new single-detached starts in 2010, compared with only one a year ago.

Other Northeastern Ontario centres also recorded increases.

Sudbury's 20 starts represent a big gain over two in 2009.

And North Bay's 14 are a significant jump from one new start recorded 12 months earlier.

"Building activity got off to a strong start in the first quarter," says Warren Philip, a Northern Ontario market analyst with CMHC. "Milder-than-normal weather in March undoubtedly contributed to the quick starts."

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