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Bill Mah, edmontonjournal.com4 b% ]- ~* B8 C6 v
Published: 9:53 am
& V0 ]$ Q ~/ c( Y# s/ w; ]1 }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.$ q0 s. E5 b6 ]2 P% _4 }6 \
- a9 Y2 m4 G: UEdmonton's cooling market showed the biggest year-over-year drop of any Canadian city.
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2 c9 A) h* [. |3 N; eCompared 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.: Y1 N5 {- b- \6 b5 P
" D% l) b( f+ l" E% w"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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3 u4 ` V$ t3 O' L" z9 cEven 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. X! `# x z! f! O1 x
+ p6 M/ N2 J# X/ R# k% {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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! g F F% Y* U, [* _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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- q( a* h: q, q8 {5 @5 {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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"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" U2 O4 O, E0 X" y
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