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Bill Mah, edmontonjournal.com# ?# K8 i1 a: }" x d
Published: 9:53 am
) T( } j* W$ P/ W) Z, W* GEDMONTON - 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.1 d* s2 O. u" a& { N6 N2 P" i
3 }- o, q; [# s$ j9 G( f( tEdmonton's cooling market showed the biggest year-over-year drop of any Canadian city.
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8 q0 b0 C5 S! b7 GCompared to June, Edmonton new home prices nudged downward 0.2 per cent.1 R" H" M |+ y5 N
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. A3 w* G1 l( W5 U5 \Calgary saw a 0.3 per cent slide compared to July of last year.
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5 ^ O* s% p, w, S"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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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.
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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.
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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.5 Q* [! }/ C5 E7 [( X
) `* w& J0 J4 V. u1 T0 J, D6 w"The growth rate of the index has been on a downward trend since September 2006," the agency said./ K! K7 `5 j$ q2 |
/ c* n$ ~8 p- V" [' i# p- ~With files from Canwest News Service, I! Y6 F" H" H$ ^
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bmah@thejournal.canwest.com
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© Edmonton Journal 2008
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