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Bill Mah, edmontonjournal.com; g4 v- Y8 @$ Z/ S6 ?# B! A
Published: 9:53 am
: h6 w: W) D2 y+ O& QEDMONTON - 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. . Q$ ]; F0 s7 f0 ^7 W/ X
$ t# P5 H$ Q- x) E$ ?( L/ wCompared to June, Edmonton new home prices nudged downward 0.2 per cent.* T7 L# k( a6 k6 `
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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./ S2 B; U6 Z& a0 t! x3 m- I# s
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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.3 G( W7 C# d) O3 b" `+ {5 \
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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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: k# i$ x$ Y1 G! g# g3 Y. p$ HAs 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.. F" H+ z4 l, K' K3 J# R
# G5 Z" {* d1 u6 W2 o( {; _1 |- |0 A/ LPrices 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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4 f! S% _: Y9 k, f: V( C5 a/ h"The growth rate of the index has been on a downward trend since September 2006," the agency said.
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With files from Canwest News Service7 `. m# x- k; E$ m. {8 R
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© Edmonton Journal 2008
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