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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 $252,277. ]$ w. r9 p6 ~# D4 K& h6 s/ o
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Edmonton house prices now are down $50,000 from their May peak of $426,028.
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The volatile mixed category of duplexes and rowhouses plummeted 15.4 per cent to $311,193.
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The average for all housing forms, $325,060, is still up 15.1 per cent from November 2006.8 ?4 {, ]$ ^5 h, [# v' K
4 L4 t& e" P$ d1 D* h3 q3 `$ ?"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.
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! Z5 P, M. k7 I+ d+ {Pratt predicted that inventory will continue to fall and that prices will rise slowly in the spring. |
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