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Bill Mah, edmontonjournal.com
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EDMONTON - The average price of a single-family house in the Edmonton region dipped slightly in April, after three months of small increases, the Realtors Association of Edmonton said today.
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: i* h. g1 J! y- jDetached houses sold for an average of $386,033 last month, down 0.4 per cent from the previous month. Single family house prices are down 6.6 per cent - or $27,455 - from April 2007 when the housing market was still simmering.
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7 `/ R4 v4 @7 r+ r! \"The Edmonton housing market is stable, and buyers and sellers seem to be coming to a realistic view of housing prices," said Marc Perras, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton.
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"While the typical sale is completed at 97 per cent of the asking price, many sellers have had to reduce their price to find the level that would attract a buyer."$ R1 Y- |( m- P3 |5 C
/ j% R7 p7 A' P4 L/ T) rThe average price of a condo in April - $256,947 - also dropped by 2.3 per cent from last month.
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3 V( U+ ?9 B3 U( _9 t% H6 TDuplexes and townhouses sold last month bucked the trend, selling for 2.3 per cent higher than last month, at average price of $316,065./ b4 D+ Q) b0 A/ j7 N
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April sales of all types of homes through the Multiple Listing Service was 1,823 transactions - down about 25 per cent from the same month last year. But April sales were still higher than the more typical years of 2004 and 2005, the association said.
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The days a residential listing stayed on the market in April was 52, more than double the same month last year when it was 22.( q# [+ e- O6 k9 M+ ]
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