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Edmonton housing prices slip
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Published: 1:42 pm$ X) k1 ]* }7 V2 j
EDMONTON - The average price of a single-family house in the Edmonton region dipped slightly in April, after three months of small increases, the Realtors Association of Edmonton said today.
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Detached houses sold for an average of $386,033 last month, down 0.4 per cent from the previous month. Single family house prices are down 6.6 per cent - or $27,455 - from April 2007 when the housing market was still simmering.4 B, Z* E \; f: x2 X1 I
8 F5 _6 d+ _) l: M* r+ Y+ p- n4 p8 L"The Edmonton housing market is stable, and buyers and sellers seem to be coming to a realistic view of housing prices," said Marc Perras, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton.) W; C+ m' m: S4 M( w# Q, ~
3 a4 H. \9 m) O S5 K) b' W"While the typical sale is completed at 97 per cent of the asking price, many sellers have had to reduce their price to find the level that would attract a buyer."( M( o' o: b7 M6 k
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The average price of a condo in April - $256,947 - also dropped by 2.3 per cent from last month.
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Duplexes and townhouses sold last month bucked the trend, selling for 2.3 per cent higher than last month, at average price of $316,065.: X- h7 R0 |( G; S; y6 X+ D% o5 e
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April sales of all types of homes through the Multiple Listing Service was 1,823 transactions - down about 25 per cent from the same month last year. But April sales were still higher than the more typical years of 2004 and 2005, the association said.2 X1 Z% ^8 ]( h- p2 g X
* n4 s9 G6 z# r/ {( _/ K* D6 JThe days a residential listing stayed on the market in April was 52, more than double the same month last year when it was 22.
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