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.

5 [0 }3 P' C( R9 gThe average Multiple Listing Service sale price for an Edmonton bungalow fell 11.8 per cent to $326,429 compared to the third-quarter of 2007, says the market survey.
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; L  ^$ C7 ~) K4 Y: Q9 I8 b, WTwo-storey houses dropped 13.8 per cent year-over-year to $342,857 in the Edmonton market.
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* S' t2 @, z1 g- N9 ]Font:****A standard condominium tumbled 18.8 per cent from last year to $216,667.

7 c  e2 l0 f2 W$ t0 k9 a; Q! E2 B$ BAcross Canada, the survey found, on average, standard condos rose by 0.2 per cent to $243,529.
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& ?* O1 S9 G1 l3 M9 Q, v, L7 x$ ~7 ^; EStandard two-storeys increased by 0.1 per cent to $408,927 while the average price of detached bungalows remained stable at $240,000.

: d$ N# [* ]7 a- I3 l9 _) jPhil 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.

( I" Z( ^8 A- F# o" E! @) Q"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.

  b' B/ {. a4 w"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.
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7 _3 F! t) V8 }7 B( ?7 I; e9 N' LThe 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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