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EDMONTON - Edmonton home prices dropped an average of 6.5 per cent in November from October.
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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. ) p/ x0 B* S- P2 K8 @
" n& c1 j% M3 z% a1 U3 b! EEdmonton house prices now are down $50,000 from their May peak of $426,028.0 R- O, w% ?% g
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The volatile mixed category of duplexes and rowhouses plummeted 15.4 per cent to $311,193.% @0 G* M& ^7 y
1 b% K- K2 _! `( D- L% o" ]The average for all housing forms, $325,060, is still up 15.1 per cent from November 2006.
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7 \" {8 \5 D2 @5 m# V0 Z3 c"The current market is very price-sensitive," Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, said today. "If property is not priced right for this market, it may languish in the listings."
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) a% F3 |6 J' N& H/ L3 ?During November, residential inventory dropped to 8,667 properties from 9,577 a month earlier." K+ X0 K' X& W& e4 B6 L$ x
/ ^4 ^5 n: W2 \& u/ _+ wPratt predicted that inventory will continue to fall and that prices will rise slowly in the spring. |
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