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Ron Chalmers, edmontonjournal.com
3 C8 B! ^4 B. J1 _- a6 w: g; U+ N# t! jPublished: Wednesday, April 04, 20070 P/ j6 {; w+ X/ R6 j0 e7 e2 l- @2 D: D
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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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7 K0 r1 \& `1 n5 k% F/ b4 v2 Y“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 K" h: E/ p' H3 G! d
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Edmonton-area prices averaged $398,476 for single-family homes and $325,339 for all housing forms.
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6 U# o4 M4 V5 x5 C- ^" m- IIn only the first three months of this year, average home prices have climbed 12.4 per cent, so Pratt has abandoned her earlier forecast of a 15 per cent increase for the full year.
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2 _/ X; {$ {' Z; E“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.9 V' u4 {! |9 F8 p' ]7 `- ^. U
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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