Lethbridge New Home Starts Down for Fourth Month in a Row

LETHBRIDGE –  New home starts continue on a downward trend across the province – including in Lethbridge.

After holding steady for the first few months of the year, new home starts in the city have now dropped for the fourth month in a row.

For the month of August, there were a combined 62 single and multi homes starts, compared to 90 during the same month last year. The decline was spread evenly across both multi and single family cosntruction. 

Year-to-date numbers also show a decline. During the first eight months of the year, there were 417 new home starts, while the number reached 605 during the same time last year.