Teranet Home Price Index shows momentum shift downwards for December 2011

Teranet Home Price Index shows momentum shift downwards for December 2011

Canadian home prices in November were down 0.2% from the previous month, according to the Teranet-National Bank National Composite House Price Index™. The retreat came after two months in which prices had been flat from the month before, and is the first in the index since a brief correction during the three months ending November 2010. Prices were down in eight of the 11 metropolitan markets surveyed, one more than in October. Calgary and Victoria stood out with declines of 1.6% and 0.9% respectively. The deflation was much smaller in the other six markets: 0.3% in Hamilton, 0.2% in Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa and Quebec City, 0.1% in Winnipeg. Prices were up from the previous month in Edmonton (0.1%), Montreal (0.4%) and Halifax (0.5%). The simultaneous monthly declines in Toronto, Hamilton and Winnipeg are noteworthy in that these three markets are considered tight.

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