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New home prices fall for first time in decade

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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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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.
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7 Z" ]  b1 H. M6 e  r* Z8 ~6 D: ?New home prices in Edmonton and Calgary continued to come off peaking demand last year in October.
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5 q) f% |( F1 g- l6 a" ^$ n; S2 rPrices 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., w7 ]0 i5 s2 G8 s9 B
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; R( A4 G$ i5 [' B5 R8 s+ [$ }9 OMonth to month, prices in Edmonton and Calgary fell by 1.7% and 0.6%, respectively. . ~1 B! l2 ~- w0 D% a( h8 }4 {* y

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; A6 U/ U, O; O. N/ L/ C& GVancouver, 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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( S# n- r1 J, K& uIn 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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/ G1 f# I6 A/ }% E, b  sUpward 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.". e$ i3 v9 G2 O: r; |
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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. 0 C/ i4 `) [5 Q

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