Lacombe - Housing Starts

Lacombe had 107 housing starts in 2018, greatly increasing 59.7% from 67 in 2017. Lacombe's growth rate ranks 5th provincially. The single-detached segment had the largest increase over last year, increasing 76.9% to 46.

Definition: A Housing Start is defined as the beginning of construction work on a building, usually when the concrete has been poured for the whole of the footing around the structure, or an equivalent stage where a basement will not be part of the structure.