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Ron Chalmers, edmontonjournal.com
, u M1 r' [/ U% ?Published: Wednesday, April 04, 2007
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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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“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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. s: U& M* q+ F4 @ ]( P" [0 V. _2 mEdmonton-area prices averaged $398,476 for single-family homes and $325,339 for all housing forms.
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& V2 J [* b: u1 a( H7 b3 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.( E7 x! z1 d7 g. q; k- g
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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.
1 U) u7 R5 h* T! x. wAverage 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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