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Edmonton housing prices have largest one-month drop in city's history5 _6 q* D' J0 Z5 H4 M
Edmonton Journal
7 K8 h E% M* ]" |Published: 12:09 pm# G# t( |4 a+ c/ u0 { c* P0 w
Edmonton-area home prices fell by almost $10,000 in August - the deepest drop in this city's history.
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The August average of $344,792, for all forms of housing, was down 2.8 per cent from July.7 `3 S4 i" ^5 M& R
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Inventory rose to a record level of 9,185 listings with 4,331 homes newly listed during the month and only 1,229 sold.
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One year earlier, inventory was just 2,138 units.
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While sellers have lost the luxury of bidding wars, "buyers have a lot of choice," said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton - which released the figures, Wednesday.
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) |6 S/ W$ n1 S3 y% U3 TAverage prices of single-family homes fell 3.2 per cent, in August, to $403,757. That rolls them back to the levels of March and April. But they're still up 27.6 per cent from 12 months earlier.0 p% Q" M% k3 X+ K$ C$ O0 Q3 |
; }3 ]. b1 E4 d) Z0 NPercentage-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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