Edmonton new home prices see biggest drop in 23 years

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Bill Mah, edmontonjournal.com
Published: 9:53 am
) M0 a/ ~: \: i: ~: u1 I1 T8 }, C' J/ J" UEDMONTON - 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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9 |/ M3 `3 p; }% d" ^. P* O" y0 yCompared to June, Edmonton new home prices nudged downward 0.2 per cent.


Calgary saw a 0.3 per cent slide compared to July of last year.

4 G$ p/ |# n  v$ J0 Z; k"Markets in these cities continue to adjust after experiencing record price increases in the last two and a half years," the federal agency said.

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.

$ A2 v# ^1 F/ Q9 hThe 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.

. k* _& _- P8 l% \% }6 xAs 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.

& h" f7 y7 \4 y/ V1 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.
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"The growth rate of the index has been on a downward trend since September 2006," the agency said.

With files from Canwest News Service

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