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EDMONTON - Edmonton home prices dropped an average of 6.5 per cent in November from October.+ x- U0 @' o* n. S1 @
H9 c' p0 Q% t2 w* {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.
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1 p! [, L1 D; e7 vThe volatile mixed category of duplexes and rowhouses plummeted 15.4 per cent to $311,193.
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3 @) P2 k; g7 X$ bThe 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."* u( @0 u" d! G! p- K( |
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During November, residential inventory dropped to 8,667 properties from 9,577 a month earlier.. E/ `' Y, P/ o5 d3 f- }
3 V" X( X6 f, ~ ZPratt predicted that inventory will continue to fall and that prices will rise slowly in the spring. |
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