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EDMONTON - Edmonton home prices dropped an average of 6.5 per cent in November from October.: ^8 k+ j& b( u6 a* z/ e7 q6 {
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Single-family houses fell 5.3 per cent to $376,267 while condos were down four per cent to $252,277.
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Edmonton house prices now are down $50,000 from their May peak of $426,028.) _8 u& d Q$ u9 E" G- r
b7 s: J( b2 A% ^The volatile mixed category of duplexes and rowhouses plummeted 15.4 per cent to $311,193.
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The average for all housing forms, $325,060, is still up 15.1 per cent from November 2006.
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4 h0 H- ^% [7 }& E! B" h"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."& C* H- \: q0 \, A |6 a
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During November, residential inventory dropped to 8,667 properties from 9,577 a month earlier.
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Pratt predicted that inventory will continue to fall and that prices will rise slowly in the spring. |
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