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EDMONTON - Edmonton home prices dropped an average of 6.5 per cent in November from October.$ N+ r/ ~0 ?, C) ^9 x, j9 B$ t
" |; Q+ m* p( Z4 ~ L3 ?' ]2 cSingle-family houses fell 5.3 per cent to $376,267 while condos were down four per cent to $252,277. * I+ B1 u) l* V; A, K" C3 H4 w
1 S# p( Z8 A; I1 t$ t2 bEdmonton house prices now are down $50,000 from their May peak of $426,028.
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The 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, $325,060, is still up 15.1 per cent from November 2006.6 X: ]+ f7 B, ?6 B q2 {: [$ R
+ U6 G0 s0 B+ ?6 n0 e& x"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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. T, \. ~( G5 X1 D- l f/ sDuring November, residential inventory dropped to 8,667 properties from 9,577 a month earlier.' f' H6 y3 ^, h3 R7 B- b
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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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