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Bill Mah, edmontonjournal.com
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- T5 D1 _- K! e5 k- bEDMONTON - 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.( V+ M; @) V9 a4 a
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Edmonton's cooling market showed the biggest year-over-year drop of any Canadian city. + e$ k0 K- _: g/ \- S' B
/ C7 ^/ W! l, |, l7 W; A% f, 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.. p0 _; z, R! d% g$ [! j
: n' A$ [' [- e2 E"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.. N) O2 a2 ? V, I- p
5 Z# H7 ]0 [3 O- b0 c- b/ ]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.
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/ }! {4 m6 Z. N0 d! f"The growth rate of the index has been on a downward trend since September 2006," the agency said." b5 a( d: X' d! z" Q R7 j+ x2 a( V1 [
8 X! I# O9 n6 j6 y1 MWith files from Canwest News Service$ ]" ?1 P- Q' m# i4 v
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