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Ron Chalmers, edmontonjournal.com
- e0 i- A2 V. u0 cPublished: Wednesday, April 04, 2007
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7 S" I) a- z9 e1 T# j& JAverage house prices have hit half a million dollars in southwest Edmonton and almost $400,000 across the Capital region.0 i3 p; T6 |9 c1 d; D% M
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“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 $325,339 for all housing forms.
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In only the first three months of this year, average home prices have climbed 12.4 per cent, so Pratt has abandoned her earlier forecast of a 15 per cent increase for the full year.
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8 \; `% N5 Y6 z9 @% v8 d7 N7 c“We’re predicting that prices will continue to rise until August, at four to five per cent per month, then at two per cent per month,” she said today.
: w$ N/ `+ I& V: S8 Z7 Q T7 XAverage 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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