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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./ m6 k1 D; b, I1 r% V
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Edmonton's cooling market showed the biggest year-over-year drop of any Canadian city.
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Compared to June, Edmonton new home prices nudged downward 0.2 per cent.+ X8 e% [4 n, u" d+ E
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Calgary saw a 0.3 per cent slide compared to July of last year.1 V' v: p, I, N6 d- P2 }# ]
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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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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.
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; N; C8 l, ]. r7 r5 u4 p2 RThe 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.
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( k0 K6 H: l; e" x# uAs 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.; z$ i1 Q0 o! c, m
! Y& [3 F3 b2 m* hPrices 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.& ~0 c, \& t7 T" V
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"The growth rate of the index has been on a downward trend since September 2006," the agency said.( O! k r( n1 o% E, @$ ?' T
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With files from Canwest News Service
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