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Ron Chalmers, edmontonjournal.com6 D+ ? Z( q y3 s/ k! N
Published: Wednesday, April 04, 2007
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5 q* P! L7 Y2 X& Q/ O5 J. eAverage house prices have hit half a million dollars in southwest Edmonton and almost $400,000 across the Capital region.
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6 o$ f+ Z+ n3 w1 F/ x9 \& M7 t! u“It is clear that housing prices have not yet peaked,” Carolyn Pratt, president of th Edmonton Real Estate Board said Wednesday, releasing the March sales figures from the Mutiple Listing Service.
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9 T6 C0 F* D: P. EEdmonton-area prices averaged $398,476 for single-family homes and $325,339 for all housing forms.
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% [$ T6 M6 O. G. E; AIn only the first three months of this year, average home prices have climbed 12.4 per cent, so Pratt has abandoned her earlier forecast of a 15 per cent increase for the full year.6 u7 K: \6 j! ]
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“We’re predicting that prices will continue to rise until August, at four to five per cent per month, then at two per cent per month,” she said today." X* U+ x) W) A+ i9 w7 \* Q4 G1 U
Average prices for single-family homes varied from $501,838 in Southwest Edmonton, and $484,168 in St. Albert, to $320,600 in Morinville, $312,730 in northeast Edmonton and $281,480 in central Edmonton. |
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