National overview
New home prices for Canada were up 0.2% in June compared with May. Prices were up in 12 of the 27 census metropolitan areas (CMAs) surveyed, unchanged in 14 and down in 1.
New home prices still rising in almost half of the census metropolitan areas surveyed
Windsor (+1.4%) recorded the largest monthly increase for new home prices in June. According to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, there were four single detached homes in the inventory of completed and unabsorbed dwelling units for the month of June. Builders in the region reported that a lack of new home supply combined with a rise in construction costs mostly contributed to the growth in the price of new homes in Windsor. The shortage of available homes was also reflected in the resale market in Windsor, as the overall MLS® Home Price Index (HPI) composite benchmark price was 28.1% higher in June than compared with the same month in 2021, according to the Windsor-Essex County Association of REALTORS®.
Charlottetown (+1.0%) recorded the second highest increase in new home prices in June. According to the Canadian Real Estate Association, Prince Edward Island's MLS® HPI benchmark price for single-family homes increased by 4.8% to $367,200 month-over-month in June, rising for the fourth consecutive month, while it rose by 20.7% year-over-year. In Prince Edward Island, along with the rest of the Atlantic region, single-family home prices remain affordable compared with most of the country's regions, where the average national MLS® HPI benchmark price for single-family homes was $891,600 in June. Prince Edward Island had a net increase of 1,389 people in the first quarter of 2022, with much of the increase coming from Ontario and international immigration. The relative affordability of housing may be a factor contributing to the continued rise in home prices for the area, attracting buyers from various parts of the country and immigrants.
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