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Bill Mah, edmontonjournal.com5 w3 g, h( ^/ S' p b9 r5 }
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6 U: n& g3 I w2 }, A2 j" R7 j) OEDMONTON - 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.; j' b% V+ f; c
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Edmonton's cooling market showed the biggest year-over-year drop of any Canadian city. 0 p$ i7 Z5 X# f+ p
* C/ B+ I; c3 b# `/ d4 W$ eCompared to June, Edmonton new home prices nudged downward 0.2 per cent.4 I: v' t4 z4 i2 D
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/ c) S1 a3 W5 X/ ?' NCalgary saw a 0.3 per cent slide compared to July of last year.
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1 h$ M9 _( k8 J; U$ E9 T"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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( e* d3 g3 |5 L- i- I' n& hEven 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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6 e, F$ N6 N" y4 l8 w2 C- I9 mThe 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.* V7 R. ^4 S: b G, R: O. G
% z+ ~& i$ w2 [, \) Q# VAs 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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: l7 Y' S% l5 kPrices 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.
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' r. z1 F2 e) d) g DWith files from Canwest News Service" ?( `2 [+ {7 e) p) [5 q: L3 u7 o
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bmah@thejournal.canwest.com
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