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Ron Chalmers, edmontonjournal.com
( ~: o' r* X7 l" r3 tPublished: Wednesday, April 04, 2007
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+ C0 W" f6 A0 f: ~# D1 B$ F. N- C" DAverage house prices have hit half a million dollars in southwest Edmonton and almost $400,000 across the Capital region.& Z( ^# Z; y. q+ C
7 p, k3 G" D1 r; y3 o/ M4 m/ E0 b: m“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.8 n: B/ ]) Q5 X/ _( j7 e8 b" }8 S
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Edmonton-area prices averaged $398,476 for single-family homes and $325,339 for all housing forms.
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In 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.1 e( r' ?+ d. D8 K) Q' n0 G( E
3 C0 ?, G/ O8 k: J( q7 l“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.& E' ~6 F( c8 m4 |3 c
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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