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Bill Mah, edmontonjournal.com6 Q# T# H5 `: _6 c6 p6 i; `
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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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1 A! W9 `; F; s( Z. nEdmonton's cooling market showed the biggest year-over-year drop of any Canadian city.
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3 W" P# K: P2 D+ @2 @2 pCompared to June, Edmonton new home prices nudged downward 0.2 per cent.
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) C3 B4 g# k3 u+ ?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.2 K! u) f3 O F2 J) x# s
! w2 Z8 j6 G& j1 z% xEven 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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- ]' T! t/ I" p1 i! J' M! ~7 uThe 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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5 F) l) s' ^! E! ~ y, B# r, CAs 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.
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"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# |8 W7 m- e( h( v$ O* E2 _* W
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