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Housing starts stumble
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Tuesday, October 10, 2006

8 ^8 F# \2 R: E4 ~Canadian housing starts fell 2.4 per cent in September as construction on condos and apartments hit its lowest level in more than two years, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. said Tuesday.

Starts unexpectedly fell to 211,300 units in September, on a seasonally-adjusted annual basis, from 216,600 units in August. Single-house construction rose for the second month in a row while multiple starts hit their lowest point since July, 2004.
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Canada's red-hot housing market has cooled, somewhat, as mortgage rates have climbed and house prices have streaked upwards. In August, CMHC predicted the market would soften next year, even though residential construction this year has been stronger than it had anticipated.
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2 @& Q! @" f, [& b& S“The lower level of housing starts in recent months is consistent with our forecast for a gradual easing in the pace of new home construction,” said Bob Dugan, chief economist at CMHC's market analysis centre.
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% H$ B  |& o* w, m0 e1 a) L7 MEconomists had expected a rebound in starts last month. Nonetheless, several said the weakness in condominium construction doesn't mean the real-estate market is headed for a hard landing.

“Canada's housing market is nowhere near a U.S.-style downturn,” said Marc Lévesque, chief strategist at TD Securities Inc.
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/ o+ s/ i' g1 bThat's because consumer spending remains strong in Canada, the inventory of unsold homes is healthier than in the U.S., incomes are growing, house prices are rising and interest rates are lower, he said.

: O6 }* a! [2 N, ]1 f( K* |The annual rate of urban starts fell 2.9 per cent as a 7-per-cent drop in urban multiple units outweighed a 0.8-per-cent gain in single starts, CMHC said.
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, ^7 B1 A4 j  d/ q: \  L- sFor the first nine months of this year, total actual starts increased 1.2 per cent compared to a year ago.

+ u0 Z! x7 C9 r) T/ }! M0 Z* gThe CMHC is Canada's national housing agency.

猪刀小试

我也是只能看懂中文那伙的。

Zhujiaolian

我就看懂了题目和第一段：

Housing starts stumble
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Canadian housing starts fell 2.4 per cent in September as construction on condos and apartments hit its lowest level in more than two years, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. said Tuesday.
0 q# ^3 [+ O9 \) @  |加拿大房屋按金公司称，由于出售和出租的公寓楼建设在两年多时间内降到了最低点，九月份加拿大房市下降了百分之二点四。
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完了！

木头

原帖由 Zhujiaolian 于 2006-10-10 22:22 发表
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Housing starts stumble
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& p  x& i% \9 s, A8 e3 C( P, @$ mCanadian housing starts fell 2.4 per cent in September as construction on condos and apartments hit its lowest level in mor ...

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9 E$ e* o! E9 A+ _; s" M( I/ |) ~Housing starts
是新屋开工

音响神仙鱼

原帖由 木头 于 2006-10-11 08:37 发表
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Housing starts
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木头兄的解释是: 对的.
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! E7 B" N( C. W5 Y5 Q7 l5 A[ 本帖最后由 音响神仙鱼 于 2006-10-11 09:04 编辑 ]

木头

Starts unexpectedly fell to 211,300 units in September, on a seasonally-adjusted annual basis, from 216,600 units in August. Single-house construction rose for the second month in a row while multiple starts hit their lowest point since July, 2004.
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; m8 s( V+ |. L3 q. e( u3 b4 [4 mCanada's red-hot housing market has cooled, somewhat, as mortgage rates have climbed and house prices have streaked upwards. In August, CMHC predicted the market would soften next year, even though residential construction this year has been stronger than it had anticipated.


在每年季节性调整的基础上,新屋开工率出人意料地从八月份的216,600个单位下降到九月份的211,300个单位. 当多单位房屋开工率达到2004年七月份以来的最低点时,独立屋的建造仍
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当贷款利率攀升,房价涨到了令人不安时, 加拿大灼热的房产市场已经稍微冷却下来.
CMHC预测明年市场将会偏软, 虽然如此, 今年民用房的建造仍比它预期的要强.

木头

“The lower level of housing starts in recent months is consistent with our forecast for a gradual easing in the pace of new home construction,” said Bob Dugan, chief economist at CMHC's market analysis centre.
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! D7 ]$ G( l% O1 KEconomists had expected a rebound in starts last month. Nonetheless, several said the weakness in condominium construction doesn't mean the real-estate market is headed for a hard landing.

“Canada's housing market is nowhere near a U.S.-style downturn,” said Marc Lévesque, chief strategist at TD Securities Inc.

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"最近几个月较低的新屋开工率和我们对新屋建造的步调会逐渐放缓的预测是一致的"
+ K) @1 S; Z4 H0 vCMHC市场分析中心的首席经济师爆伯达根说.
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2 N2 a, h& I  L, T经济学家们曾预测上个月的开工率会反弹.虽然如此,仍有经济学家认为公寓建造的减少并不
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. g8 o( V) ~: W' \" I"加拿大的房屋市场不会走向美国式的低迷状态." TD证券公司的首席统计师嘛卡乐为克说.

木头

That's because consumer spending remains strong in Canada, the inventory of unsold homes is healthier than in the U.S., incomes are growing, house prices are rising and interest rates are lower, he said.
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5 O, q' I9 K! CThe annual rate of urban starts fell 2.9 per cent as a 7-per-cent drop in urban multiple units outweighed a 0.8-per-cent gain in single starts, CMHC said.
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For the first nine months of this year, total actual starts increased 1.2 per cent compared to a year ago.

那是因为在加拿大,顾客消费仍保持强劲, 待售房屋的库存量比美国健康,收入在增长, 房价还在涨, 利率也较低.他说.

/ Y: H1 @* O: N& K& u0 w城市多单位房屋的开工率下跌7%,超过独立屋0.8%的增长,年度的城市房屋开工率下跌2.9%.
CMHC说.
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, L8 s  \, {. B% V+ X- l( N# t今年的前九个月,总的实际开工率和一年前比增长幅度1.2%.

Zhujiaolian

感谢木头的翻译！

音响神仙鱼

木头兄翻译得很不错,要赞一赞!

疯青羊

原帖由 木头 于 2006-10-11 09:43 发表
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俺也不大清楚中文对应的什么，不过统计师显然不对吧

木头

原帖由 疯青羊 于 2006-10-11 13:22 发表

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俺也不大清楚中文对应的什么，不过统计师显然不对吧

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0 M6 f0 U4 ]9 s8 r, q: x2 G% r哈哈,看错了, Strategist是战略家.好象中国也没有这个职业.

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