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EDMONTON - Edmonton home prices dropped an average of 6.5 per cent in November from October.
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Edmonton house prices now are down $50,000 from their May peak of $426,028." a% s- O1 w' G; |% k/ L0 k
G% M+ i% k1 T% c( wThe 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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) G% @2 y: d% E/ Y1 Y3 b"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."
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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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