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Ron Chalmers, edmontonjournal.com8 F) |" K- N# k2 S' ~7 ~
Published: Wednesday, April 04, 2007: ^6 O$ b, T7 N3 W! _
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Average house prices have hit half a million dollars in southwest Edmonton and almost $400,000 across the Capital region.
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8 b/ d& @/ G$ k“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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Edmonton-area prices averaged $398,476 for single-family homes and $325,339 for all housing forms.3 S- [ o; \) m! \3 E
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In 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.: z1 T! S& i; O6 }7 \6 g1 U
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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.
( C' r' E, ?3 z- H# _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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