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Ron Chalmers, edmontonjournal.com z% H" A4 x+ z
Published: Wednesday, April 04, 2007- H" A* J7 \5 z3 n' G9 ?* X2 j2 v
& z" U1 D/ W _Average house prices have hit half a million dollars in southwest Edmonton and almost $400,000 across the Capital region.' ~/ E& Q% e+ ^6 P1 Z6 S2 B
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“It is clear that housing prices have not yet peaked,” Carolyn Pratt, president of th Edmonton Real Estate Board said Wednesday, releasing the March sales figures from the Mutiple Listing Service.$ ?2 Y5 Q. e1 A( Y+ _
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Edmonton-area prices averaged $398,476 for single-family homes and $325,339 for all housing forms.
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' P6 Q% r/ U. U+ DIn only the first three months of this year, average home prices have climbed 12.4 per cent, so Pratt has abandoned her earlier forecast of a 15 per cent increase for the full year.
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“We’re predicting that prices will continue to rise until August, at four to five per cent per month, then at two per cent per month,” she said today.
0 w8 r5 j" P1 H4 ?" k, qAverage prices for single-family homes varied from $501,838 in Southwest Edmonton, and $484,168 in St. Albert, to $320,600 in Morinville, $312,730 in northeast Edmonton and $281,480 in central Edmonton. |
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