Edmonton new home prices see biggest drop in 23 years

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Bill Mah, edmontonjournal.com
Published: 9:53 am
* }2 q7 W) ?( X1 B8 n0 |; I" yEDMONTON - 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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3 G5 l9 U* U5 k$ H2 W# wEdmonton's cooling market showed the biggest year-over-year drop of any Canadian city.
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! p7 Z6 G! I0 e+ i0 w' y) s$ M8 l2 QCompared 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.
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"Markets in these cities continue to adjust after experiencing record price increases in the last two and a half years," the federal agency said.

* Z- d/ J3 `  R8 z  zEven 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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( P  V7 D2 J0 q: z7 n7 ]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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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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"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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1 N6 T4 I4 T9 Z[ 本帖最后由 水管工 于 2008-9-11 10:24 编辑 ]

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