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EDMONTON - Edmonton home prices dropped an average of 6.5 per cent in November from October.) I: V3 V% Y, X$ M- x
3 g+ l: z" j6 w" w4 J$ V; G$ zSingle-family houses fell 5.3 per cent to $376,267 while condos were down four per cent to $252,277. 4 C1 r V) O5 \: F
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Edmonton house prices now are down $50,000 from their May peak of $426,028.
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) o( }& E' g$ O" w7 V5 M( CThe volatile mixed category of duplexes and rowhouses plummeted 15.4 per cent to $311,193.. O' {% |3 O2 \/ A- g0 y d& h
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The average for all housing forms, $325,060, is still up 15.1 per cent from November 2006.8 d" z" \2 }0 G) J# K. v$ n
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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. H1 t' N0 E3 w+ t1 |7 P
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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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