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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. & ~6 R6 K. u# Z& r8 o. W# I
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Edmonton house prices now are down $50,000 from their May peak of $426,028. C- n Q3 C7 M, ]/ u) K
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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, $325,060, is still up 15.1 per cent from November 2006.! Y6 a. e- _$ D& U, b
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"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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8 ]. v* j/ ^* T; A& x6 `During November, residential inventory dropped to 8,667 properties from 9,577 a month earlier.
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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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