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EDMONTON - Edmonton home prices dropped an average of 6.5 per cent in November from October.
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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. / } W& h1 V6 h, K" A. o, G- ~' A
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Edmonton 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 $311,193. S3 k+ A# E0 X' B% a1 d. m; `" m0 U
% L9 D* K( D1 G# \, ^$ T: {The average for all housing forms, $325,060, is still up 15.1 per cent from November 2006." ]5 N! ] O! E- O1 T
# t- P; c2 O5 o6 F6 B3 p"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."! B: k4 m" @8 K" E6 a
+ ~( `. v: ]: y' LDuring November, residential inventory dropped to 8,667 properties from 9,577 a month earlier.
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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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