Edmonton new home prices see biggest drop in 23 years

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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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9 Z9 R2 l2 h& j# p" R) nEdmonton's cooling market showed the biggest year-over-year drop of any Canadian city.
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" R" z' Q- Y7 \* z# xCompared to June, Edmonton new home prices nudged downward 0.2 per cent.
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. m6 @0 ]& `6 B+ Z3 i5 o/ ^! o/ ZCalgary saw a 0.3 per cent slide compared to July of last year.
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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.

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.

, i% e: X2 ~: B- q# @$ m; |4 D3 i" XPrices 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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3 @2 B) F$ d6 h* `5 K( b# D, B"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 Service
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bmah@thejournal.canwest.com
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