Edmonton new home prices see biggest drop in 23 years

水管工

Bill Mah, edmontonjournal.com
! c4 P. u% Z+ {% s9 |! WPublished: 9:53 am
+ y* p4 C; h1 `. F$ TEDMONTON - 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.
- ]8 O& G( V) n, }% j3 R' D5 u
5 S4 o" j7 E5 k' |, U; E7 ^8 M0 uEdmonton's cooling market showed the biggest year-over-year drop of any Canadian city.
$ W1 L# g; ?. \5 O0 g5 ]- k
, Y. v  ]- @* P5 R2 ]& o5 ACompared to June, Edmonton new home prices nudged downward 0.2 per cent.


2 k& h2 r' Y( |2 a4 {- [9 E- JCalgary saw a 0.3 per cent slide compared to July of last year.
, m1 f# B- i" j  J; S2 p/ x) ^
"Markets in these cities continue to adjust after experiencing record price increases in the last two and a half years," the federal agency said.

: F& L* \$ y& x7 C4 F. R* A4 B# O% @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.

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.

+ M( A. \; }* n# E* M: \4 {5 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.
$ }. E  e" B- B* Q* f' o" M
) b' D1 y3 _  }6 KPrices 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.
% r) Y! q5 q6 M4 @. ~# U
3 B  p! D: T1 |8 |"The growth rate of the index has been on a downward trend since September 2006," the agency said.
: m* b( T; r; R' d$ S2 ^
With files from Canwest News Service

4 p  J% c% S1 bbmah@thejournal.canwest.com

" _; n2 \& G2 v% P  Z- x

! @3 I8 z0 P/ i4 V! Z  V
% r) A$ t  ?% h. c5 O/ h+ Z  U/ z© Edmonton Journal 2008
7 i9 r8 l9 M9 k% m2 C
[ 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