OTTAWA - The New Housing Price Index rose 0.3 per cent in April after no change in March.
Statistics Canada reports Toronto and Oshawa, up 0.6 per cent from March, and Ottawa--Gatineau (1.3) were the top contributors to the increase.
The agency said the price increases in Ottawa--Gatineau were primarily attributable to higher material and labour costs, while in Toronto and Oshawa, they were mainly due to competitive market conditions.
The agency says prices remained unchanged in seven of the 21 metropolitan regions surveyed.
The most significant monthly price declines were in Victoria (down 0.8 per cent) and Saint John, Fredericton and Moncton, N.B. (down 0.5).
Year over year, the national index was up 1.9 per cent, the same as in March.
