Edmonton new home prices see biggest drop in 23 years

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Bill Mah, edmontonjournal.com
Published: 9:53 am
8 k% k) Q1 Y' B2 QEDMONTON - 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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Edmonton's cooling market showed the biggest year-over-year drop of any Canadian city.
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, v2 l) N8 _' y; [4 Z7 |) Q9 WCompared 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.
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8 b7 _" j$ ^: rEven 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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5 I5 y4 a) W5 U7 TThe 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.

% V, y( n, V) O5 m+ jPrices 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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9 S" t; v/ e: A$ i" z; |9 G$ u# m9 PWith files from Canwest News Service

bmah@thejournal.canwest.com
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© Edmonton Journal 2008

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