New home prices weaken in Canada

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New home prices weaken in Canada
Canwest News Service
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8 K0 R9 y3 R0 H% {9 }8 A0 bOTTAWA - Prices for new homes in Canada rose by 5.2 per cent in April from a year earlier, the slowest pace in more than two and a half years as a weakening Alberta market continued to pull down the national average, Statistics Canada said Wednesday.

" ?0 K! b; \& P5 |% O9 r- M2 Q! B/ F' MApril's rate was down from a 6.1 per cent year-on-year increase in March, the federal agency said. On a monthly basis, prices were unchanged in April from March.

; h+ l  T' b# K0 u5 K3 s: s4 v"This was the third consecutive month in which the increase has decelerated, and the slowest rate of growth since September 2005, when year-over-year prices rose by 4.9 per cent," it said.
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In contrast to strong markets in Saskatchewan and parts of Atlantic Canada, home prices in oil-rich Alberta showed more signs of cooling.
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/ t2 O- L8 a7 r; {( D"Edmonton and Calgary continued to experience slow market conditions," Statistics Canada said. "Competition among builders has resulted in lower prices being offered to prospective homebuyers."

, {( Z) M( z" R# KPrices in Calgary edged up 2.5 per cent in April from a year earlier, compared to a 5.3 per cent year-over-year increase in March.

In Edmonton, the year-on-year rate slowed to 8.1 per cent - the ninth straight month of decelerated growth.

7 t' m& D6 p& |- cMeanwhile, the Saskatchewan housing market continued to heat up in April. Prices in Saskatoon led the country for the 12th straight month, jumping 43.7 per cent from a year earlier - but down slightly from a 46.2 per cent year-on-year gain in March.

Prices in Regina were up 34 per cent in April from the same time in 2007, compared to a 27.8 per year-on-year increase in March.

In Newfoundland and Labrador "a strengthening economy, coupled with increased material and labour costs, has contributed to record increases," Statistics Canada said.
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Prices in St. John's rose 16.3 per cent in April, up from the year-over-year increase of 12 per cent in March.

Nova Scotia also saw strong gains, with prices in Halifax increasing 11.3 per cent from a year earlier, although that was down slightly from a record year-on-year gain 12.8 per cent in March.

3 V5 l7 k8 w+ @$ o2 V$ j"The report adds to the growing body of evidence that indicates that the Canadian housing sector may be coming off the boil," said Millan Mulraine, economics strategist at TD Securities.

) x. J1 D1 X& V6 @"Similar behaviour has also been observed in the price of existing homes. However, it is important to note that the Canadian housing sector remains in reasonable shape and a U.S.-style correction in home prices remains highly unlikely."
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© Canwest News Service 2008

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miewmiew

谁能说说Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia 的经济增长点是社么呢，为什么他们的房价会持续增长呢？

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原帖由 miewmiew 于 2008-6-11 12:07 发表
  E3 t+ X+ ?, }$ A. t谁能说说Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia 的经济增长点是社么呢，为什么他们的房价会持续增长呢？

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& t6 b2 [2 Z! K" c& }个人认为，如果你不是石油行业，在Alberta还有套房子，小破single house，不到2000尺，市场价格大概35万，因为你买的早，至少5年前，甚至25年前就买的。房子贷款基本上还清了。
7 p- O0 s. q; {; [- v 而你的工作也就3-4万的年薪，反正跟油老大没的比。
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: o# m" K4 p) X5 V6 o' T& Z, G$ S这时候，你看到newfoundland 和NS的房子，30万，3000尺，或者至少2000尺。很好的。那边也能找个差不多工作。
( C" z% [- u7 n) D--然后就搬家了，卖了alberta的小破房子，到NS住大house了。还剩下手里的5-6万块钱。给你的儿女或者孙儿女上学用，或者你去旅游，美国，加勒比海，欧洲、泰国，马来西亚。。。
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/ g' Z6 r, v1 o+ j$ o+ [谢国忠写过一篇文章关于全球地产经济，解释了为什么很多韩国棒子到中国居住的问题。 我想 从过热的加西搬到家东也是类似情况吧。
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' U9 s3 W. _3 i; E& r( B06-07年冬天的时候，教堂的一帮老太太就有此想法。所以我这个说法并非臆断。

# D- m: s8 }6 i: v! Q; d随便探讨探讨，欢迎拍砖。

牛眼熊心

教堂的老太太的话你也听？她们只能代表退休人士的想法，其实更多的退休人士是到BC等房子更贵的地方。

那些地方涨一个是补涨，另一个原因是和石油有关，不是Alberta才有石油的，东部沿海也有。再一个原因是炒房造成的，炒房是从西向东逐个炒过去的，其它省的房子炒高了，对东部有个刺激作用。安省和魁北克除外，虽然有些上涨，幅度不大，因为两者的盘子大。小盘的已经炒上天去了。

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原帖由 牛眼熊心 于 2008-6-11 12:56 发表
8 l$ U# ~1 ?4 P" X9 L' U5 i. h教堂的老太太的话你也听？她们只能代表退休人士的想法，其实更多的退休人士是到BC等房子更贵的地方。

8 o, q# D9 {8 b那些地方涨一个是补涨，另一个原因是和石油有关，不是Alberta才有石油的，东部沿海也有。再一个原因是炒房造成 ...

. I0 [' u* R! G) L: h/ l是啊，退休人士也是很大一个阶层啊。
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4 @6 E0 ]* ?5 O4 m. h" m' m3 Q有钱的去了BC。没钱的去了NS。
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- ]) K' P0 E5 k$ x- E1 \还剩下1/3留守。
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8 u  U. f; B" Q; ]. g5 P退休人士对房地产也产生了不小的影响。