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Ron Chalmers, edmontonjournal.com, i/ B6 R9 O6 T1 ?( L. @4 r9 `
Published: Wednesday, April 04, 2007
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0 [0 t4 o# E, M; J' N. v, nAverage house prices have hit half a million dollars in southwest Edmonton and almost $400,000 across the Capital region.( q: j+ f3 V4 T. b' i p
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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.8 }9 H6 t, y6 t7 X4 Z% a+ }# G
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Edmonton-area prices averaged $398,476 for single-family homes and $325,339 for all housing forms.7 [% n9 p* R4 x% J
$ N4 H5 q, i* G n2 MIn 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.
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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.% a, s$ v0 x! P9 V
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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