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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. ; j7 U- n- f" [
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Edmonton house prices now are down $50,000 from their May peak of $426,028.* E* q9 F% d+ {4 r o: o
, }( W1 N; b" sThe volatile mixed category of duplexes and rowhouses plummeted 15.4 per cent to $311,193.
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# Z3 _% @, f' S7 G0 FThe average for all housing forms, $325,060, is still up 15.1 per cent from November 2006.
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/ k: g6 s$ g m- m2 E5 x0 z"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."
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During November, residential inventory dropped to 8,667 properties from 9,577 a month earlier. ]7 z6 x8 L3 u$ V5 S) ^9 o
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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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