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November 8th, 2007

New Hosting Price Increase Decelerating?

Housing Price Increase Drop

That is a confusing way of saying that the increase in new house prices is slowing down. September 2006 to September ‘07 new housing prices increase by 6.2% (down from 6.5% August to August).

Housing prices increased the most where? Can you guess? Starts with a “P”? Yes, the Prairies, where housing prices continue to increase at a startling rate. The praries in general was about 15% however in Alberta the story was:


The Edmonton market remained strong with a 26.6% increase. New housing prices rose 5.9% in Calgary in September, the only Prairie city with a year-over-year increase below 10%. This occurred despite higher development costs, as new lots were released into the market.

How do people buy new houses these day?

New Housing Price Indexes
September 2007 September 2006 to September 2007 August to September 2007
(1997=100) % change
Canada total 155.5 6.2 0.3
House only 165.6 5.8 0.3
Land only 135.9 7.3 0.2
St. John’s 138.9 5.7 0.8
Halifax 140.2 7.3 0.3
Charlottetown 118.1 0.6 0.3
Saint John, Fredericton and Moncton 114.5 0.8 0.1
Québec 148.0 3.9 0.0
Montréal 155.7 4.6 0.3
Ottawa–Gatineau 162.3 1.1 0.2
Toronto and Oshawa 142.1 2.7 0.3
Hamilton 148.9 3.3 0.3
St. Catharines–Niagara 151.7 4.2 0.0
Kitchener 139.7 1.9 0.0
London 139.3 2.8 0.7
Windsor 102.6 -3.2 -0.4
Greater Sudbury and Thunder Bay 107.3 5.1 0.9
Winnipeg 170.3 16.2 0.8
Regina 202.5 29.6 0.3
Saskatoon 212.5 47.0 0.2
Calgary 250.7 5.9 0.7
Edmonton 248.4 26.6 0.0
Vancouver 122.4 6.1 0.0
Victoria 118.4 0.2 -0.3
Note: View the census subdivisions that comprise the metropolitan areas online.
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