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Ron Chalmers, edmontonjournal.com
! P7 F3 Z$ B; t( I' b T" F8 kPublished: Wednesday, April 04, 2007# a: H) m% J* N
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Average house prices have hit half a million dollars in southwest Edmonton and almost $400,000 across the Capital region.8 ^& j2 `# N3 X" v
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“It is clear that housing prices have not yet peaked,” Carolyn Pratt, president of th Edmonton Real Estate Board said Wednesday, releasing the March sales figures from the Mutiple Listing Service./ U7 N- D: k$ b+ N4 O
! c- w3 o* S$ f' XEdmonton-area prices averaged $398,476 for single-family homes and $325,339 for all housing forms.' c5 x/ O3 N, c h4 U6 n* F/ H% r. J
7 M: g/ R1 D# W6 h1 F% ?5 XIn 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.+ }- w2 W! L1 i6 G4 \
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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.4 t6 P# w5 J. a# D! a4 Y
Average 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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