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Edmonton housing prices have largest one-month drop in city's history$ ^5 }- S+ _+ K. {
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Edmonton-area home prices fell by almost $10,000 in August - the deepest drop in this city's history.0 u2 c. G6 N% R |" @* G
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The August average of $344,792, for all forms of housing, was down 2.8 per cent from July.6 L6 J; z" L; s& \
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Inventory rose to a record level of 9,185 listings with 4,331 homes newly listed during the month and only 1,229 sold.% S1 t0 N% W' }3 W
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One year earlier, inventory was just 2,138 units.
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While sellers have lost the luxury of bidding wars, "buyers have a lot of choice," said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton - which released the figures, Wednesday.
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- D6 y ^( o1 ~) m+ MAverage prices of single-family homes fell 3.2 per cent, in August, to $403,757. That rolls them back to the levels of March and April. But they're still up 27.6 per cent from 12 months earlier.
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+ F9 Q( w0 j) O' }% r. sPercentage-wise, home prices have fallen more steeply in earlier years. From December, 1994 to January, 1995, average prices fell 6.5 per cent to $106,645. From June to July, 1984, they fell 7.9 per cent to $75,800. From February to March, 1964, they fell 23.1 per cent to $10,720.
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