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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 z# r8 ~1 h) O+ u# p
+ ^- O2 T) i9 c( G6 mEdmonton's cooling market showed the biggest year-over-year drop of any Canadian city.
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' U3 z+ T; j9 R `3 L! X4 h/ CCompared to June, Edmonton new home prices nudged downward 0.2 per cent.
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3 A5 D9 O2 X- [0 D9 y) |Calgary saw a 0.3 per cent slide compared to July of last year.! ?% ?7 x# b" O3 i$ n8 m2 I
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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.
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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.0 m. [: A8 c3 H, }7 U5 Z
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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.+ K& v9 b8 R4 k* j
3 _# k {0 z9 b7 Y- c! n2 LPrices 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.9 t: e2 p$ j5 K0 `' p
0 U1 b; E0 X( D5 p" M% m"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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