Edmonton new home prices see biggest drop in 23 years

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Bill Mah, edmontonjournal.com
Published: 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.
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  x  V" D4 o7 h) e& G0 }' H$ FEdmonton'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.


+ D5 \- i& i) H! \" S4 ?Calgary saw a 0.3 per cent slide compared to July of last year.

3 m# l/ P4 H& L8 j"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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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.
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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.

4 X6 t8 D6 B! Z; C: 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.
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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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% J- U5 N) Q. c$ H- @"The growth rate of the index has been on a downward trend since September 2006," the agency said.

! h5 a$ s3 g6 b' m5 r" tWith files from Canwest News Service

bmah@thejournal.canwest.com
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9 D- s1 H1 a" i; N4 i0 F© Edmonton Journal 2008

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