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Edmonton housing prices have largest one-month drop in city's history" A$ s1 f% K% K& b/ ?/ `, O
Edmonton Journal1 S! F# Z: E5 O! L. Q% @) y1 X3 E* j
Published: 12:09 pm
6 i# b* L1 T* e0 U! k( h/ g. ~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.
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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.! A8 X4 M6 K) X* K f) H+ j y7 G
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8 D3 Z4 z7 u: \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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Average 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.- `2 p' G9 C2 J9 ^. x
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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.+ g( |" S) v' E) F
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