Edmonton housing prices slip

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Edmonton housing prices slip
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7 ^4 I8 B+ Z' E" REDMONTON - The average price of a single-family house in the Edmonton region dipped slightly in April, after three months of small increases, the Realtors Association of Edmonton said today.

- F& T+ n  g/ u! e% p5 ]7 e. R9 l# zDetached houses sold for an average of $386,033 last month, down 0.4 per cent from the previous month. Single family house prices are down 6.6 per cent - or $27,455 - from April 2007 when the housing market was still simmering.

"The Edmonton housing market is stable, and buyers and sellers seem to be coming to a realistic view of housing prices," said Marc Perras, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton.
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9 y" b9 N8 b2 ]  A"While the typical sale is completed at 97 per cent of the asking price, many sellers have had to reduce their price to find the level that would attract a buyer."

The average price of a condo in April - $256,947 - also dropped by 2.3 per cent from last month.
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Duplexes and townhouses sold last month bucked the trend, selling for 2.3 per cent higher than last month, at average price of $316,065.

April sales of all types of homes through the Multiple Listing Service was 1,823 transactions - down about 25 per cent from the same month last year. But April sales were still higher than the more typical years of 2004 and 2005, the association said.
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5 I8 O* U7 ~$ e% a3 s7 RThe days a residential listing stayed on the market in April was 52, more than double the same month last year when it was 22.

7 [* ?; {. u6 U# ^' A3 Abmah@thejournal.canwest.com

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