Edmonton new home prices see biggest drop in 23 years

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Bill Mah, edmontonjournal.com
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# H1 d- n/ m: g: |6 O) S' jEDMONTON - 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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8 f% ~4 |9 ~' t" \4 O5 kEdmonton's cooling market showed the biggest year-over-year drop of any Canadian city.
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/ G* w& H, C' e- F# k& ^Compared to June, Edmonton new home prices nudged downward 0.2 per cent.

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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.

6 `7 p; Z3 K1 p4 R  w8 J/ u  jEven 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.

  Y+ m4 j- F- C( a9 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.

"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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