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Bill Mah, edmontonjournal.com
6 o& y9 V9 v f/ ^2 h& iPublished: 9:53 am
! s6 ?7 x0 B! M: f9 t$ HEDMONTON - 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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3 h; k; Y( _* w, \' JCompared to June, Edmonton new home prices nudged downward 0.2 per cent.
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% g; j* W4 a# s' G$ u+ kCalgary saw a 0.3 per cent slide compared to July of last year.
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2 ^0 }0 p9 k! H6 v8 b$ L4 ^5 C0 h"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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" c2 d6 ?5 f7 y) [* LEven 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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3 D# y/ S* m s) wThe 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.* r: N( g, z4 \9 J R. Q! J5 H
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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.
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; T/ @' p/ t5 m6 {( w" vPrices 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.) l7 o6 h) Q; h1 v: v- B( c
. h0 `" n' _$ a"The growth rate of the index has been on a downward trend since September 2006," the agency said.
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+ v3 I9 w+ T( {4 i* P, a# PWith files from Canwest News Service
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bmah@thejournal.canwest.com
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( ]! o: ^8 [' x' \4 F! y© Edmonton Journal 2008
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