Tag: housing starts

Peace Country communities named housing growth leaders in Alberta

Business Thomas Robertson -
The City of Grande Prairie, the county, and the MD of Greenview are leading the province in housing growth, not including metro regions.

Grande Prairie home starts see tremendous jump year over year

Provincial Kass Patterson -
Grande Prairie is seeing one of the largest jumps in housing starts in 2025, compared to the same year-to-date time period last year. 

Hospital construction affecting vacancy rate, home sales

News Erica Fisher -
The suspension of construction on the Grande Prairie Regional Hospital means there are more rental properties available in the...

Housing starts down 40 per cent from 2017

News Erica Fisher -
Housing starts in Grande Prairie haven't improved into the second half of 2018. The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation...

Grande Prairie housing starts down drastically

News Erica Fisher -
New home construction in Grande Prairie was down by more than half last month. The Canadian Mortgage and Housing...

Housing starts continue at sluggish pace

News Erica Fisher -
The pace of new housing starts showed slight improvement last month, but numbers are still more than a third...

Grande Prairie housing starts still well behind 2017’s slow pace

News Erica Fisher -
Construction of new homes in Grande Prairie is still the slowest of any major city in the province this...

Grande Prairie housing starts down 40 per cent from slow 2017

News Erica Fisher -
Housing starts in the City of Grande Prairie saw a small uptick last month, but nothing near what's need...

Realtor expects sluggish home construction to pick up quickly

News Erica Fisher -
A local realtor and home builder doesn't expect Grande Prairie's slump in new home construction to last much longer....

Grande Prairie new housing off to slowest start in Alberta

News Erica Fisher -
For the second year in a row, Grande Prairie has seen the slowest lead to housing starts in the...

Grande Prairie housing starts second lowest in a decade

News Erica Fisher -
Construction on new homes in the City of Grande Prairie last year was the second lowest level in a...

Grande Prairie housing starts 16 per cent behind 2016

News Erica Fisher -
With one month left in 2017, housing starts in Grande Prairie are still down by 16 per cent. The...

Grande Prairie on pace for second lowest housing starts in a decade

News Erica Fisher -
For the second month in a row, housing starts in Grande Prairie have increased at the same rate as...

Housing starts hold steady in city, county

News Erica Fisher -
Last month's housing starts in Grande Prairie were on par with the year before. According to the Canadian Mortgage...

Slow August for housing starts in Grande Prairie

News Erica Fisher -
After three straight months of growth, housing starts in Grande Prairie slowed down last month. According to the Canada...

Housing starts taking leaps towards 2016 numbers

News Erica Fisher -
Another busy month for home construction in Grande Prairie has pushed its housing starts to within 15 per cent...
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Community
The first snowfall of the final stretch of the year is in the forecast for some communities, including parts of the Peace Country, which could impact holiday travel over the coming Thanksgiving long weekend. 

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Community
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Rotary Clubs of Grande Prairie launches annual Dignity Drive

Community
The Rotary Clubs of Grande Prairie's Dignity Drive has kicked off for another year. 

Legion showcases two new veteran memorial crosswalks

Community
The Grande Prairie Legion has unveiled two brand-new veteran memorial crosswalks in the city.

NWP Wolves women’s hockey team ready to take bite out of ACAC

Community
Northwestern Polytechnic's Wolves women's hockey team is hoping the community can come together to pack the rink at their inaugural home game in the Alberta Colleges Athletics Conference on Friday.
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