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Bill Mah, edmontonjournal.com3 v3 S' m' i k1 w2 c4 Q
Published: 9:53 am
; D+ y' ?' B' K7 PEDMONTON - 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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Compared to June, Edmonton new home prices nudged downward 0.2 per cent.: D- }" q6 P( E o' T6 K2 T7 [
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Calgary saw a 0.3 per cent slide compared to July of last year.* s. }% ?4 Z" B+ C9 g
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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.# \ G7 u3 i6 X$ o$ x
, t- n% D5 D( M# dEven 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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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.* {/ a5 f( k. _7 a1 F3 |
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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.- m5 M$ u F0 t9 {/ ]# ~- \
; Z# a w0 Z* C' \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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) }1 _9 m8 X1 g: I5 ^"The growth rate of the index has been on a downward trend since September 2006," the agency said.* g& r' S4 X+ r) c
' q$ K, w: L! a6 MWith files from Canwest News Service8 t# h- e: ~- x* s
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