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Bill Mah, edmontonjournal.com
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" }% L5 h5 m6 Y! w/ 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.
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Edmonton's cooling market showed the biggest year-over-year drop of any Canadian city.
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/ j+ n! k4 p) e- l& |Compared to June, Edmonton new home prices nudged downward 0.2 per cent.. Q5 u9 _- s, ^: p# F2 @* }; A
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Calgary saw a 0.3 per cent slide compared to July of last year.! J6 H2 T6 p: [4 g0 s
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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.% l4 o- ^4 u0 q; o$ u) W
: W% w) I) J) eEven 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. |& N9 k# h2 W+ h. ^3 J9 w
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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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( x% j) ?0 b' K! k' ^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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5 \( b5 _- _2 k* l) ?, {9 l9 s/ n, WPrices 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.: m. n* P8 P7 F- q
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© Edmonton Journal 2008
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