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Ron Chalmers, edmontonjournal.com
( V7 v |2 H1 ~% f7 ]0 I. TPublished: Wednesday, April 04, 20075 H/ J: a8 e* W5 q' ~, {; q# O. i% |
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Average house prices have hit half a million dollars in southwest Edmonton and almost $400,000 across the Capital region.
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0 {9 A; Q H% u6 ^6 _9 b“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., Z; z0 }2 l7 c! y2 }
$ g u2 B, n; @: fEdmonton-area prices averaged $398,476 for single-family homes and $325,339 for all housing forms.( N4 [7 b" ?; w
6 w9 }2 f% @8 iIn only the first three months of this year, average home prices have climbed 12.4 per cent, so Pratt has abandoned her earlier forecast of a 15 per cent increase for the full year.4 S1 O9 n) Y. K ~6 v7 v
; l! \+ G" Z# P* `( s$ e9 C. t“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.4 x4 s! i( M G6 \8 Y3 P0 Y
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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