Edmonton new home prices see biggest drop in 23 years

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Bill Mah, edmontonjournal.com
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" M$ L2 b2 L/ c$ k2 G5 rEDMONTON - 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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Edmonton's cooling market showed the biggest year-over-year drop of any Canadian city.

* j2 c, l5 G1 V! S) B$ `Compared to June, Edmonton new home prices nudged downward 0.2 per cent.
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% A" S1 v+ ^( J( iCalgary saw a 0.3 per cent slide compared to July of last year.
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( j( \/ D# R1 b* A, L. n2 l"Markets in these cities continue to adjust after experiencing record price increases in the last two and a half years," the federal agency said.

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.

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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+ z6 J& q' h7 G( L/ U* A0 RAs 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.

  w9 ^" |& r& S- h$ E6 e$ W- HPrices 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

bmah@thejournal.canwest.com
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