Both housing starts and sales are up according to the Windsor-Essex County Association of Realtors and the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.
The association says despite a 5.86% drop in market activity last month over September 2014, sales jumped 16.51%. The latest monthly statistics say 508 homes changed hands last month. So far this year, 4816 homes have been sold, an increase of 17%.
The average cost of buying a home in Windsor-Essex inched 1.06% to $201,175.
Meanwhile, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation says ground broke on 174 single-detached and multi-unit homes last month, an increase of 96% over last September. The year-to-date figures say construction started on 613 units compared to 508 between January and September 2014. That's an increase of 21%.
