The cost of new housing rose substantially in April, rising 0.8 per cent from the previous month.Contractors' selling prices were up 8.9 per cent from a year earlier as 12 of 21 metropolitan areas surveyed registered increases.
Edmonton led all monthly increases, at 4.4 per cent, as well as annual increases, at 40.5 per cent.
Regina (up 2.2 per cent), Saskatoon (2.1) and Calgary (2) followed as monthly price advances were mostly attributable to materials and labour; noteworthy gains were also recorded in Halifax, Greater Sudbury and ThunderBay, Ont., and Vancouver.
Five metropolitan areas registered no monthly change. Victoria (-0.9%) recorded the largest decrease due to a moderating market. Prices in St.John's, Saint John, Fredericton and Moncton, and Charlottetown also declined.
Land prices rose in only five of 12 metropolitan areas surveyed.
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