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EDMONTON - Edmonton home prices dropped an average of 6.5 per cent in November from October.
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. q) D' q. L* `+ a) KSingle-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.. @% i) a. V, f1 j3 p/ g
- ?" M1 z- X1 CThe volatile mixed category of duplexes and rowhouses plummeted 15.4 per cent to $311,193.# d* `$ i0 c7 O: g3 L7 V
/ c' l) K3 Y) {: [9 o- nThe average for all housing forms, $325,060, is still up 15.1 per cent from November 2006.
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"The current market is very price-sensitive," Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, said today. "If property is not priced right for this market, it may languish in the listings."$ \' n( w. H4 _5 |7 h/ ^1 V5 B/ l
/ U% W' D' m6 c8 p+ kDuring November, residential inventory dropped to 8,667 properties from 9,577 a month earlier.
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+ t5 v3 [/ x nPratt predicted that inventory will continue to fall and that prices will rise slowly in the spring. |
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