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Ron Chalmers, edmontonjournal.com
- H+ H1 H. A4 {; v" yPublished: Wednesday, April 04, 20072 C- q% U% @2 m e7 ^
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Average house prices have hit half a million dollars in southwest Edmonton and almost $400,000 across the Capital region.
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0 ], m8 p0 a) d0 x/ s- w& [* g“It is clear that housing prices have not yet peaked,” Carolyn Pratt, president of th Edmonton Real Estate Board said Wednesday, releasing the March sales figures from the Mutiple Listing Service.
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+ j K& l. o! o8 L2 zEdmonton-area prices averaged $398,476 for single-family homes and $325,339 for all housing forms." m) s1 |' x0 ^3 \/ ?
|, k$ g9 X) Y! D0 o5 QIn only the first three months of this year, average home prices have climbed 12.4 per cent, so Pratt has abandoned her earlier forecast of a 15 per cent increase for the full year.
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“We’re predicting that prices will continue to rise until August, at four to five per cent per month, then at two per cent per month,” she said today." h2 G0 k. B+ B1 ~+ E9 J9 j
Average prices for single-family homes varied from $501,838 in Southwest Edmonton, and $484,168 in St. Albert, to $320,600 in Morinville, $312,730 in northeast Edmonton and $281,480 in central Edmonton. |
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