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EDMONTON - Edmonton home prices dropped an average of 6.5 per cent in November from October.
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5 N/ P: v. f1 E# tSingle-family houses fell 5.3 per cent to $376,267 while condos were down four per cent to $252,277. * f4 }! z9 U1 e1 \- x+ f, ^" b
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Edmonton house prices now are down $50,000 from their May peak of $426,028.+ Z; E& u; ^, u8 K- z
5 \1 y7 [7 R: R! Z$ JThe volatile mixed category of duplexes and rowhouses plummeted 15.4 per cent to $311,193.& `7 w8 N" G k- P2 H
( {' M* E. u0 ?4 q- ~1 H. {! y$ |The average for all housing forms, $325,060, is still up 15.1 per cent from November 2006.8 S/ t. w' o* Q( @0 [' ] R- v! w
5 K1 `4 r0 n8 w- r/ }) M" D"The current market is very price-sensitive," Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, said today. "If property is not priced right for this market, it may languish in the listings."
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5 R" S: X0 p$ XDuring November, residential inventory dropped to 8,667 properties from 9,577 a month earlier.: c [! O5 U# o* }' J. H
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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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