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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. 5 w" S: b, \# V" t( F
" y" V( V- m" t% l8 @( L" ^' a; TEdmonton house prices now are down $50,000 from their May peak of $426,028.9 K% S/ s8 D+ s' C' g' E
9 r6 {( t. d8 C2 wThe volatile mixed category of duplexes and rowhouses plummeted 15.4 per cent to $311,193." \4 _/ q/ n1 ^: H
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The average for all housing forms, $325,060, is still up 15.1 per cent from November 2006.
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8 O$ N( ?7 e" i: B/ e+ @! H2 N"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."3 N' E N ]0 J. w6 y4 j8 {& l9 J
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During 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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