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Bill Mah, edmontonjournal.com
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/ ^0 E: ?# o" ~5 \2 {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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2 H; C9 _; P% y2 ^Edmonton's cooling market showed the biggest year-over-year drop of any Canadian city. 7 c2 `! Z" f5 x
) ?; H9 I" ^# W q2 |Compared to June, Edmonton new home prices nudged downward 0.2 per cent.& D7 q* M' p0 X4 y$ \
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& A$ o/ Z; u3 zCalgary saw a 0.3 per cent slide compared to July of last year.1 B. C7 e/ U/ x, |. {
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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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, M0 w! Z# }2 p& G3 a! I- 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.& V# r+ q! \/ i: Y- N
7 Y, J2 [1 \/ ^' w/ @- C; UThe 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.! G) h9 ^4 t/ p7 S: x, \
- j4 Y8 J- p& \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.% P: d. H9 G# x- o
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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.
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"The growth rate of the index has been on a downward trend since September 2006," the agency said.- h: U R! O! @! L6 | g8 F
; H% n/ M/ w8 n4 b xWith files from Canwest News Service
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bmah@thejournal.canwest.com
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" j, l3 t$ X2 j© Edmonton Journal 2008
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