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Double-digit declines for Edmonton home prices

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EDMONTON - While average resale home prices across Canada nudged upward in the third quarter, Edmonton saw double-digit declines from last year in bungalows, two-storeys and standard condos, says a report released today by real estate firm Royal LePage.
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1 f! Y6 [: Q, e4 v( G* jThe average Multiple Listing Service sale price for an Edmonton bungalow fell 11.8 per cent to $326,429 compared to the third-quarter of 2007, says the market survey.
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Two-storey houses dropped 13.8 per cent year-over-year to $342,857 in the Edmonton market.0 H0 O, Y5 o" A  o1 w

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4 Z' X2 }1 c  _) nFont:****A standard condominium tumbled 18.8 per cent from last year to $216,667.- F6 X. a+ l  V0 o  W
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Across Canada, the survey found, on average, standard condos rose by 0.2 per cent to $243,529.
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, _$ [% E  y2 K, n( yStandard two-storeys increased by 0.1 per cent to $408,927 while the average price of detached bungalows remained stable at $240,000.
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% o( C) T4 q$ g6 ^+ wPhil Soper, Royal LePage president and CEO, said Canada's housing market is fundamentally different and stronger economically than the U.S. market being shaken by the sub-prime mortgage crisis.9 ?% C  U5 E: }! A6 T; m; T

5 X5 F5 e, \4 |"Average house price appreciation curves are beginning to flatten, but this is a completely natural reaction to the explosive gains that characterized the market earlier this decade," Soper said in a release.
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The report said despite dropping year-over-year prices in Alberta, the resource-rich economy is strong and unemployment is low.- Q; [* G7 _# J
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"As such, the recent price decline is merely a correction to the dramatic run-up in prices that both Edmonton and Calgary experienced in the past few years," the report said.# D: q) |) K! [$ V
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The survey said the year-over-year drop in the Calgary market varied from a decline of 8.7 per cent for a standard two-storey home, 8.2 per cent for a standard condominium and 6.2 per cent for a detached bungalow.
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bmah@thejournal.canwest.com
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