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EDMONTON - Edmonton home prices dropped an average of 6.5 per cent in November from October.- g* {& ^' k$ v7 ?/ K9 O) U
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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. , g& K/ B5 W" _0 X( B9 t @; I. I
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Edmonton house prices now are down $50,000 from their May peak of $426,028.4 I1 \% R( y2 H' x' [
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The volatile mixed category of duplexes and rowhouses plummeted 15.4 per cent to $311,193.2 w( I! B t `! j: m% ~/ B
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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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"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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) P! `7 b# M& Q& P: ePratt predicted that inventory will continue to fall and that prices will rise slowly in the spring. |
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