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Bill Mah, edmontonjournal.com b9 h5 F% l1 {& p/ d1 [
Published: 9:53 am
0 W1 G8 o% g4 S( \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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Edmonton's cooling market showed the biggest year-over-year drop of any Canadian city.
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3 u6 p% I$ n9 @$ a& n1 TCompared to June, Edmonton new home prices nudged downward 0.2 per cent.' Y# h' E7 b' O" t7 B* U- P
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$ C; v! f& W$ M) h* H' S! ~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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% A: q! o5 D5 o9 HEven 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./ J- L4 m/ c. c, \ Z1 p6 g* {5 p
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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.( {2 V& W2 }# @8 d5 g" l
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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.
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; N- U5 z& q T/ JPrices 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.) ?. m; h) r* \ x7 F
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"The growth rate of the index has been on a downward trend since September 2006," the agency said.
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+ f6 |6 Y# s6 ZWith files from Canwest News Service5 s/ G! H3 j I' Z3 a7 T; N% V! s
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bmah@thejournal.canwest.com
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© Edmonton Journal 2008
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