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EDMONTON - Edmonton home prices dropped an average of 6.5 per cent in November from October.
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; y% ~+ l/ j) |/ RSingle-family houses fell 5.3 per cent to $376,267 while condos were down four per cent to $252,277. + ^1 u* U/ y. {
' m3 ~2 r! S% e/ h" D) VEdmonton house prices now are down $50,000 from their May peak of $426,028.
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- K" M; R( A* M% W) mThe volatile mixed category of duplexes and rowhouses plummeted 15.4 per cent to $311,193.' A! l' l6 B% v \" ?9 T
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The average for all housing forms, $325,060, is still up 15.1 per cent from November 2006.( K9 X4 n" f9 H# [; D {
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"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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, ]4 ?- r+ b/ V! x( @, }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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