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Edmonton housing prices have largest one-month drop in city's history2 j, {; G3 \& w+ S: G2 }7 J
Edmonton Journal
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X' v7 E1 b- ]% R4 M, ~1 yEdmonton-area home prices fell by almost $10,000 in August - the deepest drop in this city's history.
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. Q! [$ O# y! w4 P0 v# {9 PThe August average of $344,792, for all forms of housing, was down 2.8 per cent from July.
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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. e1 h1 F: p' ?. K3 O. m6 w0 u
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! r% l" G2 P: S0 UOne 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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0 M5 G* I- B6 _, ZAverage 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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Percentage-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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