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EDMONTON - Edmonton home prices dropped an average of 6.5 per cent in November from October.
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Single-family houses fell 5.3 per cent to $376,267 while condos were down four per cent to $252,277. 9 v3 \& D: F, G1 M$ q# Q
; k; u2 X, S2 W& JEdmonton house prices now are down $50,000 from their May peak of $426,028.) \4 n, I- C6 g: t; u) k0 \7 t
3 L, B, n% n! J( U6 ]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.- j. W4 W4 q" y1 m6 j
! |% D0 b! f3 P, x* M"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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V5 w4 A' I9 i" |2 x, t: S" MDuring 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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