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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.7 m$ b; `0 r- k8 E6 K
3 ^6 w4 u6 j2 H' NEdmonton's cooling market showed the biggest year-over-year drop of any Canadian city. 6 q |/ }0 [/ N4 D; B
9 a. ?6 W+ {& Y( ^3 @. X- {( xCompared to June, Edmonton new home prices nudged downward 0.2 per cent.5 B" ~: I* }: X% t3 _7 ^' F
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4 n1 p0 w$ {9 S! p0 p: s2 C) LCalgary saw a 0.3 per cent slide compared to July of last year.
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R% `, e5 L3 Q0 w# P4 r"Markets in these cities continue to adjust after experiencing record price increases in the last two and a half years," the federal agency said.% K; F! ^2 J5 b
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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.! U) _9 p. S: \! [
- Y+ O/ X) Y! S$ X! JThe 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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! K$ r n* l+ u; e# cAs 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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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.$ j) a( D, x$ C: x5 c' ?
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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' l# `* ]/ q/ O7 N7 \# f
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bmah@thejournal.canwest.com
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© Edmonton Journal 2008
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