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EDMONTON - Edmonton home prices dropped an average of 6.5 per cent in November from October.
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+ _6 {; C: E8 e1 b% Z. tSingle-family houses fell 5.3 per cent to $376,267 while condos were down four per cent to $252,277. ' c' D. n! I* q( N; \6 p! b
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Edmonton house prices now are down $50,000 from their May peak of $426,028.& X& Y: ^8 Y2 v" Q' g
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The volatile mixed category of duplexes and rowhouses plummeted 15.4 per cent to $311,193. `. |! E n! _7 N6 e" z# `
/ ?& N8 w. b2 b& `- O# F8 PThe average for all housing forms, $325,060, is still up 15.1 per cent from November 2006.2 Q0 P( v+ |5 R
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"The current market is very price-sensitive," Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, said today. "If property is not priced right for this market, it may languish in the listings." J5 z& z9 L7 G4 q9 q
2 A1 i4 F$ L2 z; d7 a1 @# o/ K- WDuring November, residential inventory dropped to 8,667 properties from 9,577 a month earlier.% ^* E: e/ R- \5 V% D3 W& Q' E$ y3 `
2 M" |$ v5 O) t% j* fPratt predicted that inventory will continue to fall and that prices will rise slowly in the spring. |
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