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EDMONTON - Edmonton home prices dropped an average of 6.5 per cent in November from October./ u" Q! g3 J) {+ U( z3 K
8 q1 E" ]/ ]2 x6 M& p pSingle-family houses fell 5.3 per cent to $376,267 while condos were down four per cent to $252,277. & d3 p+ g" J" x6 h
3 W5 a9 d$ ]( ^Edmonton house prices now are down $50,000 from their May peak of $426,028.1 U# Q+ H# ]6 _4 V) V! n; R. Y5 |
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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.
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0 ]4 N n8 I0 b: C* U- P"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."# t5 R! A+ U, r1 p
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During November, residential inventory dropped to 8,667 properties from 9,577 a month earlier." e! a3 f- ?! w
# L6 j- K" i1 x: |9 F2 ZPratt predicted that inventory will continue to fall and that prices will rise slowly in the spring. |
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