- Canada’s new housing prices edge down 0.1 percent in May
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Canada’s new housing prices edge down 0.1 percent in May
Statistics
Canada reported on Thursday the New Housing Price Index (NHPI) edged down 0.1
percent m-o-m in May, after remaining unchanged for three straight months.
Economists had
forecast the NHPI to increase 0.1 percent m-o-m in May.
According to
the report, builders in 16 of the 27 census metropolitan areas (CMAs) surveyed
reported flat or lower prices in April. Saskatoon (-0.5 percent m-o-m) and
Victoria (-0.4 percent m-o-m) posted the largest declines due primary to
deteriorating market conditions. At the same time, Charlottetown (+1.0 percent
m-o-m) registered the biggest price increase in May, with the rise attributed
to higher construction costs.
In y-o-y terms,
NHPI was unchanged in May after a 0.1 percent advance in the previous month.
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