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EDMONTON - Edmonton home prices dropped an average of 6.5 per cent in November from October. X) Z U- j' w1 w' w' o. n/ o
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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.
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Edmonton house prices now are down $50,000 from their May peak of $426,028.
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& [) H% \* n# e$ c: D, LThe volatile mixed category of duplexes and rowhouses plummeted 15.4 per cent to $311,193.
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; T% U X3 y9 ^- B: [" c; }The average for all housing forms, $325,060, is still up 15.1 per cent from November 2006./ N' \; C3 V/ ?& u6 R
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"The current market is very price-sensitive," Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, said today. "If property is not priced right for this market, it may languish in the listings."
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During November, residential inventory dropped to 8,667 properties from 9,577 a month earlier.- ]) ^$ W" ~1 z. H* p ~
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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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