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Led by cooling markets in Alberta and British Columbia, national prices on new homes declined month over month in October for the first time in over a decade, Statistics Canada said Thursday.
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- [0 \2 H" }' g, ^6 tThe average cost of a home in Canada fell 0.4% between September and October, the federal agency said. It was the first monthly decrease nationally since September, 1998.
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n) i( h4 i: I0 s- Q3 J5 DNew home prices in Edmonton and Calgary continued to come off peaking demand last year in October. 7 @' G5 w4 i7 u3 ~ W
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+ `, q5 m8 s6 I6 g, D: ]* EPrices have fallen 7.7% year-over-year in Edmonton, marking the city's largest annual decline in more than 23 years. Calgary prices are down 1.6% from a year ago in the biggest retreat since November 1991, StatsCan said.) T a' X6 v: Z6 N% x
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Month to month, prices in Edmonton and Calgary fell by 1.7% and 0.6%, respectively. - O9 N# _* e$ Z g: i; E! J/ M
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Vancouver, where home prices have risen the fastest in recent years, saw a monthly drop of 1.1% in October as demand cooled rapidly. Year over year, prices were down 0.4%.
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5 f+ |1 w& X* x6 _5 L; A$ j$ m+ vIn Victoria, contractors' selling prices decreased 1.1% year-over-year StatsCan said, down from an annual increase of 0.2% in September. 1 a( K2 ] s! O# P& r
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Upward price pressure remained torrid in some markets as new home prices in Regina grew again in October, rising to 22.8% more expensive than a year ago. In contrast, Saskatoon prices were a modest 3.6% higher than a year ago while prices tumbled 1.6% from September to October as "builders continued report difficult market condition."
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Compared with last October, contractors' selling prices in Ottawa were 4.3% higher, while new homes in Toronto were 3% more expensive, StatsCan said.
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