Greater Vernon Housing Starts Fall to 19 in May as 5-Month Total Slips to 75
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Updated · Vernon Matters · Jun 15
Greater Vernon Housing Starts Fall to 19 in May as 5-Month Total Slips to 75
3 articles · Updated · Vernon Matters · Jun 15
Summary
Greater Vernon recorded 19 housing starts in May 2026, down from 21 a year earlier and extending the area's housing-construction slowdown.
Those May projects comprised 10 apartments, seven single-family houses and two semi-detached homes, according to CMHC.
Across the first five months of 2026, the region logged 75 starts versus 85 in the same period of 2025, showing the decline is not limited to one month.
Canada's broader market also weakened in May, with national housing starts falling 6% to an annualized 261,377 units.