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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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2 Z$ n* t: _9 F4 g" n$ CThe 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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New home prices in Edmonton and Calgary continued to come off peaking demand last year in October.
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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.1 m3 b: k/ r) ]; e* {1 s& N3 d. @
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Month to month, prices in Edmonton and Calgary fell by 1.7% and 0.6%, respectively. . [. S# @; }( g4 B% y, g
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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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In Victoria, contractors' selling prices decreased 1.1% year-over-year StatsCan said, down from an annual increase of 0.2% in September. ) F5 z- C! R3 z/ {& F
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. k8 e9 e% s# D9 Y, Q/ t3 Z6 h2 GUpward 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."/ C/ y4 }+ [) x3 k. z, l, z  [
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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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