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EDMONTON - Edmonton home prices dropped an average of 6.5 per cent in November from October.4 q5 A) t8 T- u- i
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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.
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Edmonton house prices now are down $50,000 from their May peak of $426,028.3 T' v, {3 Z, _# w/ w
; Z4 j2 d! n$ \The volatile mixed category of duplexes and rowhouses plummeted 15.4 per cent to $311,193.
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4 R; D3 Q B3 @5 bThe average for all housing forms, $325,060, is still up 15.1 per cent from November 2006.
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"The current market is very price-sensitive," Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, said today. "If property is not priced right for this market, it may languish in the listings."
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During November, residential inventory dropped to 8,667 properties from 9,577 a month earlier.: y k) x7 b* l$ [! t6 U( y
+ m( v. n( ]4 Z+ G; E: @7 O [Pratt predicted that inventory will continue to fall and that prices will rise slowly in the spring. |
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