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Bill Mah, edmontonjournal.com
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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.
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% C% \( e/ E' `3 Z% bEdmonton's cooling market showed the biggest year-over-year drop of any Canadian city. * F8 V% {8 R5 O+ h! F
& V _9 x2 P+ M9 U; OCompared to June, Edmonton new home prices nudged downward 0.2 per cent.6 o" p7 Y9 E, U2 E% ?3 w: _8 X
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* w2 i9 a) g+ H3 `0 A1 VCalgary saw a 0.3 per cent slide compared to July of last year.
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+ w2 O- }3 n7 q# t+ 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.
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' L8 x' E% w: M% \ i- t/ K3 FEven 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 u6 y3 g! E3 m: @
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"The growth rate of the index has been on a downward trend since September 2006," the agency said.! u: O: h9 _8 j3 D* J; O
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