Edmonton new home prices see biggest drop in 23 years

水管工

Bill Mah, edmontonjournal.com
Published: 9:53 am
$ j3 i* ]" [) xEDMONTON - 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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# z6 l% G/ [3 L8 pCompared to June, Edmonton new home prices nudged downward 0.2 per cent.
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& D  r' Z' P$ q" T' I7 HCalgary 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.

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.

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.

: Z; u, j$ e' W& c# y3 E- L+ BAs 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.

/ X1 x9 m, J, c' Y8 lPrices 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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7 P% _3 D4 ~3 q' {6 s- |3 [6 r"The growth rate of the index has been on a downward trend since September 2006," the agency said.

With files from Canwest News Service
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bmah@thejournal.canwest.com
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© Edmonton Journal 2008
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