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Bill Mah, edmontonjournal.com4 j' |9 V, L6 z- c" p
Published: 9:53 am/ U6 l, j7 H9 v6 w7 b9 O+ l
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.
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% q* f9 g& F2 E3 D3 d' a7 LEdmonton's cooling market showed the biggest year-over-year drop of any Canadian city. : P" o: F" U2 ^% x2 ~8 h: I" L; ]9 S
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Compared to June, Edmonton new home prices nudged downward 0.2 per cent.1 k5 ]" Z5 ], f+ e+ x' N
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, \7 P4 A3 Y* V5 H+ G- TCalgary saw a 0.3 per cent slide compared to July of last year.
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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.! }1 ?9 z; ~+ \ u) s, ~
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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.* `2 j4 l' e- N. ~) P9 O; a' Z# ]: J
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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.- L3 j% O0 G9 t* l2 p* {0 x
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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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. C0 o0 h8 h3 C0 uPrices 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.4 V* Q1 W* X/ w% w. x
/ \* a4 m! ^/ U6 v6 S6 w# Y; B"The growth rate of the index has been on a downward trend since September 2006," the agency said.: k. G% _/ |' C, v1 Y
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With files from Canwest News Service2 B- E* T9 v, e( I
1 o4 g p; L6 M' Gbmah@thejournal.canwest.com
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© Edmonton Journal 2008) \% i! z# \. m. M' N0 T1 D5 Z
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