 鲜花( 17)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
Edmonton housing prices slip2 n! u1 p; R6 [: D+ ~3 S
Bill Mah, edmontonjournal.com
+ L7 Q* C) x/ X. c" o, ^3 X$ \Published: 1:42 pm% T( Q) g3 i' Y* B2 G! n2 n r( \. ^2 H
EDMONTON - The average price of a single-family house in the Edmonton region dipped slightly in April, after three months of small increases, the Realtors Association of Edmonton said today.
8 x% z0 i. ]& Z3 d+ E5 r. ?2 E) D$ b1 e4 D" p4 ~# r0 s& i% g
Detached houses sold for an average of $386,033 last month, down 0.4 per cent from the previous month. Single family house prices are down 6.6 per cent - or $27,455 - from April 2007 when the housing market was still simmering.
e" X9 l# H! l" c/ N+ X; ^
7 ^% p0 j% d T"The Edmonton housing market is stable, and buyers and sellers seem to be coming to a realistic view of housing prices," said Marc Perras, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton.
0 ~' o: \( ^: L1 H
+ G' A/ _2 O$ J% S0 f6 z$ l( H"While the typical sale is completed at 97 per cent of the asking price, many sellers have had to reduce their price to find the level that would attract a buyer."
$ Z1 A! p% r7 `0 F6 {4 d. q- L; a8 K# n3 x- O0 A
The average price of a condo in April - $256,947 - also dropped by 2.3 per cent from last month. : {. }4 K) Y g, ^6 D1 u8 u( \
2 p' U; F8 E, F9 \
Duplexes and townhouses sold last month bucked the trend, selling for 2.3 per cent higher than last month, at average price of $316,065.
, N. @5 Y( g" {( C0 W: N
" p$ d# p8 R" X% ?4 oApril sales of all types of homes through the Multiple Listing Service was 1,823 transactions - down about 25 per cent from the same month last year. But April sales were still higher than the more typical years of 2004 and 2005, the association said.
" |. p- i* `& I7 t: F2 U1 q$ K$ F, I
" r+ ~/ q$ ~; x3 _% \The days a residential listing stayed on the market in April was 52, more than double the same month last year when it was 22.: u* Q) k% T/ t9 G' U. {
h, s; m/ {. g( C
bmah@thejournal.canwest.com
8 p2 P& F j' t* {* F! J1 Q7 S" F3 p' w4 W2 _
, h# h8 @, v! z7 |2 j
% s1 j! `, {, B% Q
) q" k H) T/ k" }( N© Edmonton Journal 2008 |
|