Edmonton new home prices see biggest drop in 23 years

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Bill Mah, edmontonjournal.com
" X; l" P: K( j! J$ e/ jPublished: 9:53 am
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.

5 w5 y  K& I: s4 s! _& l; g5 ~Edmonton's cooling market showed the biggest year-over-year drop of any Canadian city.
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Compared to June, Edmonton new home prices nudged downward 0.2 per cent.

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3 H4 D: x) c- r9 h" gCalgary 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.

! o" j6 l: {% G( S. n9 i( c: DEven 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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* D* G" B' \+ n  C, iAs 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.

7 \1 @5 c) v; S+ S' L0 ZPrices 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.

" v; H' h- }  r"The growth rate of the index has been on a downward trend since September 2006," the agency said.

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, v8 r' d2 E1 r9 s1 Abmah@thejournal.canwest.com
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