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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. $ ]: N- g% f6 [2 ?' x
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The 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. 0 `2 }2 z) t: T' ~3 ?4 U! f: I
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New home prices in Edmonton and Calgary continued to come off peaking demand last year in October. 9 b8 u0 o7 a6 N
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# k0 n. m& {% @" @, q5 R# E) {Prices 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.
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2 j* y* C8 _9 l* P7 H. MMonth to month, prices in Edmonton and Calgary fell by 1.7% and 0.6%, respectively.
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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%. 5 k6 z" F$ Z* }: f
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* A3 M/ O! k! l* G+ ~4 k! qIn Victoria, contractors' selling prices decreased 1.1% year-over-year StatsCan said, down from an annual increase of 0.2% in September.
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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. ! y( i; h' o7 p R
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