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EDMONTON - Edmonton home prices dropped an average of 6.5 per cent in November from October.
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$ k3 m* k1 `% K- b- x9 @7 R6 _5 dSingle-family houses fell 5.3 per cent to $376,267 while condos were down four per cent to $252,277.
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& J! o' N8 f; r( ]$ ^4 {Edmonton house prices now are down $50,000 from their May peak of $426,028.
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( s7 M# |! ~' ^The volatile mixed category of duplexes and rowhouses plummeted 15.4 per cent to $311,193.- i5 x1 r2 t+ n
6 ^7 W( m! ]+ iThe average for all housing forms, $325,060, is still up 15.1 per cent from November 2006.
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"The current market is very price-sensitive," Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, said today. "If property is not priced right for this market, it may languish in the listings."( e% T0 h4 D+ |/ v" F
* ?/ j2 e8 r4 s7 U. s6 KDuring November, residential inventory dropped to 8,667 properties from 9,577 a month earlier.
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- i/ D9 b. [+ \5 GPratt predicted that inventory will continue to fall and that prices will rise slowly in the spring. |
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