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EDMONTON - Edmonton home prices dropped an average of 6.5 per cent in November from October.
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$ @4 \. k8 N" c: n- USingle-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.
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The volatile mixed category of duplexes and rowhouses plummeted 15.4 per cent to $311,193.* T0 ?2 f( B% F( Z$ H7 B* X' V* I
+ F2 C$ V' e! q8 f0 BThe average for all housing forms, $325,060, is still up 15.1 per cent from November 2006.6 y! k/ E( }2 @8 G2 E
" h9 A& ]: t, ~/ x2 U; N"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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s! z0 s' c. i: E, t4 K- b; QDuring November, residential inventory dropped to 8,667 properties from 9,577 a month earlier.# M5 I& ]- V9 v/ A+ I7 U3 S4 S
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Pratt predicted that inventory will continue to fall and that prices will rise slowly in the spring. |
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