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Bill Mah, edmontonjournal.com
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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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Edmonton's cooling market showed the biggest year-over-year drop of any Canadian city.
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* r, n* h; }# _. s) pCompared to June, Edmonton new home prices nudged downward 0.2 per cent." T0 e4 o# x* F' M1 p* [
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' u: L; `4 h7 r3 F, eCalgary saw a 0.3 per cent slide compared to July of last year.
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/ X. u) Q c+ S( R. j% x"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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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., q) B m$ V+ v, I* P; m) p P
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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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4 Q* A' _2 n! r4 M5 {With files from Canwest News Service h6 }4 q( W9 w. i# D& f
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bmah@thejournal.canwest.com
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