Edmonton new home prices see biggest drop in 23 years

水管工

Bill Mah, edmontonjournal.com
Published: 9:53 am
" V1 Q: h: p3 v7 lEDMONTON - 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.

+ T  `- z' @' w9 E0 W; @Edmonton's cooling market showed the biggest year-over-year drop of any Canadian city.
/ ~3 w% v0 w% v( L
Compared to June, Edmonton new home prices nudged downward 0.2 per cent.
  B9 ~9 g5 u# ]+ g) P
; p0 Z* ]4 K/ w3 k6 O( y6 e5 y
Calgary saw a 0.3 per cent slide compared to July of last year.
- a- {1 _" k9 p) f. H% S( l' ]
"Markets in these cities continue to adjust after experiencing record price increases in the last two and a half years," the federal agency said.

3 k! P- Q+ Y5 f, J3 zEven 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.
3 g. ]& r7 k9 b4 X
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.
7 j: N/ L- Z5 ]6 A5 {8 z. h
' S& C( k7 G; M8 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.

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.
6 }- K. {' e) H$ U$ B
"The growth rate of the index has been on a downward trend since September 2006," the agency said.
; o: W4 r9 N" B' c4 b
With files from Canwest News Service
4 P% U. W+ p; ^6 d2 S& }
bmah@thejournal.canwest.com

! r3 A3 x3 e( u# O3 i7 k

, ?' f6 J3 f' m. e* p
3 A7 m% Z# A/ L1 U, Q' c© Edmonton Journal 2008
2 f) Y% E9 i  _
- i; f# E$ s6 u' G* h! b[ 本帖最后由 水管工 于 2008-9-11 10:24 编辑 ]

萨隆吧斯

白水

每天一点

yj151

galaxy7111

醉酒当歌

有过最大涨幅就有最大跌幅，属于正常！还会继续走低！谢谢分享！

谁动了偶的奶酪

水管工英语太好了，能不能给翻译一下啊？

w_20080808

分享

jack老顽童