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Jobs, newcomers and stronger house prices are behind a surge in housing construction in the Edmonton region.

% {  s3 w! `2 u0 i6 rHousing starts in the Edmonton metropolitan area jumped 40 per cent last month over July 2011, according to preliminary figures released Thursday by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.
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* B: b5 E( v. j  PThis July, 1,435 units were under construction compared to 1,034 units in July 2011.
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+ E- j. e- I* C7 F+ L! @So far this year, housing starts totalled 6,903 units in the Edmonton metropolitan area, up from 5,085 units recorded in the first seven months of 2011.

, U# @6 f7 G, e“Housing starts in Edmonton continue to be supported by employment growth and net migration," said David Lan, CMHC’s Senior Market Analyst for Edmonton, in a press release. "A strengthening resale market also contributed to the higher level of housing starts in July.”
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The capital region saw the construction of single-detached houses rise 20 per cent in July to 582 homes from a year earlier.

Within the City of Edmonton, 341 houses were started, compared to 289 units in July 2011.

  s1 h. S( ~) \So far this year, 3,177 single-detached homes began construction in the region, 17 per cent over the same period last year.

/ P% e! X5 Y' W% |3 f0 X2 FMulti-family starts, consisting of semi-detached units, row houses, and apartments, totalled 853 units in July, compared to 555 units a year earlier. Most — 89 per cent — were built in the City of Edmonton.

5 s: k$ ]5 D  G  `! ?7 r) ZMulti-family housing starts in the Edmonton region so far this year reached 3,726 units, compared to 2,380 units started in 2011.