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Bill Mah, edmontonjournal.com
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EDMONTON - Prices for new homes in Edmonton fell 5.3 per cent in July compared to the same month last year, marking the biggest year-over-year drop in 23 years, said Statistics Canada today.
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! z" v0 n" E+ p7 d+ q# p$ NEdmonton's cooling market showed the biggest year-over-year drop of any Canadian city.
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" }. b$ _& E1 xCompared to June, Edmonton new home prices nudged downward 0.2 per cent.
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Calgary saw a 0.3 per cent slide compared to July of last year.
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"Markets in these cities continue to adjust after experiencing record price increases in the last two and a half years," the federal agency said.
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Even heated Saskatoon posted a slower annual increase of 13.1 per cent, "further confirmation of a trend of deceleration in this city. Many builders reported increased prices as a result of higher material and labour costs," the agency said.
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The fastest pace was in Regina, which saw a year-over-year price increase of 29.6 per cent, down from its record rise of 34 per cent in April.
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As the market continued to cool in Western Canada, prices for new homes rose nationally at a slower pace in July for the sixth consecutive month.3 d1 T$ ^$ |1 C: U: h# [6 F: P
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Prices were up 2.7 per cent in July from a year earlier, down from June's annual pace of 3.5 per cent. On a monthly basis, prices edged up 0.1 per cent between June and July.1 Q- V2 K: X. K) {
/ X& R* {' m+ |"The growth rate of the index has been on a downward trend since September 2006," the agency said.! B u) T9 `2 \$ @
) r7 Q1 Z' t1 Q% n4 d: qWith files from Canwest News Service
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