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Bill Mah, edmontonjournal.com
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5 ?* d/ a- a3 P uEDMONTON - 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. h2 Z) I7 Z) ] k6 r3 T2 k
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Edmonton's cooling market showed the biggest year-over-year drop of any Canadian city.
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8 \8 C* L$ \9 w! g' nCompared to June, Edmonton new home prices nudged downward 0.2 per cent.1 W i s/ ?' ]0 I
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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.
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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.
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2 n6 I5 I2 R7 i8 `; H! XThe 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.6 m, Q8 p( a$ y* j! w' t6 w& n/ O A. @
: s( P w* S5 g, L& Z* d) N) N, c9 q/ }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.7 O7 p5 H, K+ o, W' w
0 |& X7 |1 O" J* f2 v8 NPrices 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.- A; F S# ]/ y* i
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"The growth rate of the index has been on a downward trend since September 2006," the agency said.2 N$ ~8 a& L& R% V/ b
6 r4 |- s" G2 MWith files from Canwest News Service
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