Edmonton new home prices see biggest drop in 23 years

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Bill Mah, edmontonjournal.com
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. _9 y) o9 m4 m' }# `5 E2 x0 @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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) o0 F: u7 m8 p6 y. {/ OEdmonton's cooling market showed the biggest year-over-year drop of any Canadian city.
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/ U0 {: ^0 b8 A; z* i# DCompared to June, Edmonton new home prices nudged downward 0.2 per cent.
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* D1 \6 a8 r2 @Calgary 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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4 j8 h7 ?0 \: X( wEven 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.

( A9 N- i  t' l7 w8 FAs 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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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.

+ L4 ?  b, h- D; T; B8 BWith files from Canwest News Service
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