Edmonton new home prices see biggest drop in 23 years

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Bill Mah, edmontonjournal.com
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( x" a4 O5 u" s* j' ?" {# @1 L' qEDMONTON - 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.

2 y+ s9 J; X$ K( _% a0 M! X' wEdmonton'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.


Calgary saw a 0.3 per cent slide compared to July of last year.
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1 W2 S" M0 h5 B0 f6 W* b"Markets in these cities continue to adjust after experiencing record price increases in the last two and a half years," the federal agency said.

/ `- T' L1 Y  [/ y8 H! |7 PEven 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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+ ]: Q0 s- E' H5 t3 {! C) ZAs 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.

' s% R- o7 R9 ~" r$ ZPrices 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.

"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 Service
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( P* }2 z$ O( R6 k1 K# u. x- l7 L7 a© Edmonton Journal 2008
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