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EDMONTON - Edmonton home prices dropped an average of 6.5 per cent in November from October. `. R: n: o' F8 K- e8 Y
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Single-family houses fell 5.3 per cent to $376,267 while condos were down four per cent to $252,277. ) w4 L2 y) L" K$ h6 m: V2 n. O
: @+ C2 [0 k" A% u9 b# L" `/ @6 zEdmonton house prices now are down $50,000 from their May peak of $426,028./ W6 x+ v) S7 ]) H4 O; T: B0 b, |
Q% Q# P0 _& t# JThe volatile mixed category of duplexes and rowhouses plummeted 15.4 per cent to $311,193.
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The average for all housing forms, $325,060, is still up 15.1 per cent from November 2006.4 i3 T6 S }: h' G
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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."( s H( M. A, r! N% H& V: G9 E
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During November, residential inventory dropped to 8,667 properties from 9,577 a month earlier.
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3 m! x, v, g/ P6 X1 V- S, x8 EPratt predicted that inventory will continue to fall and that prices will rise slowly in the spring. |
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