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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.+ E6 m' d' ~' S1 k1 X$ J/ ?
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Edmonton's cooling market showed the biggest year-over-year drop of any Canadian city.
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Compared to June, Edmonton new home prices nudged downward 0.2 per cent.
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% y5 P1 [) I" V8 h2 R+ {9 lCalgary saw a 0.3 per cent slide compared to July of last year.8 K! G M3 t$ r3 S3 @
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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.6 }' ]' Y( Q8 w+ J
; [/ K6 t5 e7 uEven 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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! ^5 @# N3 J! ^+ R- _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. }- \% [ q% v3 E2 p
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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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6 r+ v9 Y- q6 D& ]( k) dPrices 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.
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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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With files from Canwest News Service4 H2 @0 @7 r# `) P
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