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EDMONTON - Edmonton home prices dropped an average of 6.5 per cent in November from October.% V& s2 L3 [( e2 {( \- t6 K
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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.
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Edmonton house prices now are down $50,000 from their May peak of $426,028.
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$ s0 }# l6 L( T# \ ZThe volatile mixed category of duplexes and rowhouses plummeted 15.4 per cent to $311,193." ?* `7 F0 r0 {6 d& Y
0 P( [4 b' U* B" oThe average for all housing forms, $325,060, is still up 15.1 per cent from November 2006.
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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."
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During November, residential inventory dropped to 8,667 properties from 9,577 a month earlier.5 q; O6 R/ s4 T; a; y: v
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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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