Edmonton new home prices see biggest drop in 23 years

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Bill Mah, edmontonjournal.com
Published: 9:53 am
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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3 S! H% P# f! ]3 P& d2 ]Edmonton's cooling market showed the biggest year-over-year drop of any Canadian city.
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2 c5 F; m' m* T4 Z1 s9 K  X, S% X: `6 S) [Compared to June, Edmonton new home prices nudged downward 0.2 per cent.
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3 {4 L6 T* d. c8 a3 zCalgary saw a 0.3 per cent slide compared to July of last year.

: @9 H0 }- J  @* |"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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* @- x+ ]2 f5 k4 N2 H' aAs 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.

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.

"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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