Edmonton new home prices see biggest drop in 23 years

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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.

* t7 G# P+ ^5 J: x- d4 b2 sEdmonton's cooling market showed the biggest year-over-year drop of any Canadian city.

, G) H7 u2 O, p# I, H9 P3 ?% B2 ACompared to June, Edmonton new home prices nudged downward 0.2 per cent.
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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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( a; w1 C& ?: z: U* uEven 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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! e2 [: z0 D% HThe 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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9 i6 B7 g+ Z) {' E2 f" JAs 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.
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. T4 P2 L6 M, L1 Y' a"The growth rate of the index has been on a downward trend since September 2006," the agency said.

* [. S* b5 {1 C7 r5 j& T* C* Z. }) q2 }With files from Canwest News Service

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