Edmonton housing prices slip

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Edmonton housing prices slip
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Published: 1:42 pm
EDMONTON - The average price of a single-family house in the Edmonton region dipped slightly in April, after three months of small increases, the Realtors Association of Edmonton said today.
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: S# y: C- h4 B& }! lDetached houses sold for an average of $386,033 last month, down 0.4 per cent from the previous month. Single family house prices are down 6.6 per cent - or $27,455 - from April 2007 when the housing market was still simmering.
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1 C6 o' I* w& `  w: e  L"The Edmonton housing market is stable, and buyers and sellers seem to be coming to a realistic view of housing prices," said Marc Perras, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton.
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* D& D2 W2 ?( q: j( [4 z& |) W"While the typical sale is completed at 97 per cent of the asking price, many sellers have had to reduce their price to find the level that would attract a buyer."

The average price of a condo in April - $256,947 - also dropped by 2.3 per cent from last month.

- p# Y4 ^$ {$ g, K( N* W" u0 GDuplexes and townhouses sold last month bucked the trend, selling for 2.3 per cent higher than last month, at average price of $316,065.
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# f. h& k7 Q. d1 J2 v. _5 @$ a0 t* |April sales of all types of homes through the Multiple Listing Service was 1,823 transactions - down about 25 per cent from the same month last year. But April sales were still higher than the more typical years of 2004 and 2005, the association said.
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The days a residential listing stayed on the market in April was 52, more than double the same month last year when it was 22.
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- A6 M3 {2 Z6 _/ Y$ pbmah@thejournal.canwest.com
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© Edmonton Journal 2008

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