Edmonton new home prices see biggest drop in 23 years

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Bill Mah, edmontonjournal.com
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2 r/ z' M/ ^: ^' k) BEDMONTON - 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.

Edmonton's cooling market showed the biggest year-over-year drop of any Canadian city.
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1 D$ L8 e9 E! t) F7 t; HCompared to June, Edmonton new home prices nudged downward 0.2 per cent.


6 v6 H2 |5 k' [: Z/ Q6 i! R% zCalgary saw a 0.3 per cent slide compared to July of last year.

"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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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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. i, @+ M  t+ @% s( Q) J0 z$ @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.
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+ q" P$ j! W9 a/ RPrices 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.

. G) p1 L/ p" G9 H9 w/ Y"The growth rate of the index has been on a downward trend since September 2006," the agency said.

  |" O# l) y, w+ s# f9 s0 JWith files from Canwest News Service
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2 w8 u/ k5 G: |! X3 \8 S' o$ {$ gbmah@thejournal.canwest.com
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© Edmonton Journal 2008

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