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Bill Mah, edmontonjournal.com
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6 d! F- n% A5 e; P1 y0 |! YEDMONTON - 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.% i# A) s# \" E6 T2 x. k/ k
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Edmonton's cooling market showed the biggest year-over-year drop of any Canadian city. 3 j' W* M; b2 C3 w y+ J d/ J/ l
7 D. B' U, `; _/ FCompared to June, Edmonton new home prices nudged downward 0.2 per cent.
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Calgary 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.+ ]# z" F3 \: l7 h6 U) O
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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.4 }% O; |# y) R9 g
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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., y5 K- M' U! l. E8 ]
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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." _6 y4 o X. u; b$ O
( e v2 \ {/ U6 U+ f3 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./ ~8 |3 [4 {. K9 ^7 y4 x* B
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"The growth rate of the index has been on a downward trend since September 2006," the agency said.; b' i n% ^6 r( ~2 n7 {
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With files from Canwest News Service1 L3 G) n: F# X# D2 E( u6 ~( ]
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