Prices plummet

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Edmonton housing prices have largest one-month drop in city's history
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! c2 A5 ~( s# f3 S) ^. Z  qEdmonton-area home prices fell by almost $10,000 in August - the deepest drop in this city's history.
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4 z. b" `3 l6 b1 m- X* ?  {The August average of $344,792, for all forms of housing, was down 2.8 per cent from July.
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Inventory rose to a record level of 9,185 listings with 4,331 homes newly listed during the month and only 1,229 sold.
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" g/ B+ b8 D* W3 b2 [One year earlier, inventory was just 2,138 units.
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8 {0 ?$ j6 d; N% ^0 C& D8 kWhile sellers have lost the luxury of bidding wars, "buyers have a lot of choice," said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton - which released the figures, Wednesday.
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Average prices of single-family homes fell 3.2 per cent, in August, to $403,757. That rolls them back to the levels of March and April. But they're still up 27.6 per cent from 12 months earlier.
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& q! H7 W& c9 d6 ~0 _$ f0 `6 APercentage-wise, home prices have fallen more steeply in earlier years. From December, 1994 to January, 1995, average prices fell 6.5 per cent to $106,645. From June to July, 1984, they fell 7.9 per cent to $75,800. From February to March, 1964, they fell 23.1 per cent to $10,720.

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© Edmonton Journal 2007

edmontonjqh

十年一轮回？！
5 f8 [  J( \% p# k: k  g. V1964，1984，1994......
, c1 M4 }/ K5 z1 L估计下一轮可能是2014。

elephant

下个月仍然是 the deepest drop in this city's history

程摸金

涨了那么长, 那么多了, 跌一点算个啥呀?

andyshenyi

原帖由 程摸金 于 2007-9-6 21:01 发表
8 R: t1 I: Z0 ~/ Y* M涨了那么长, 那么多了, 跌一点算个啥呀?

7 m' N0 j- _1 o2 ]; r' aYou are right, not enough.

人生几何

还会继续跌

ym615

来了才知道，国内国外一个样，房价暴涨

howardx

对酒当歌-整个一假牙。差一点搞错了，以为是醉酒当歌了。

人生几何

正宗声明，本人是“对酒当歌” 不是“醉酒当歌”， 两者没有任何关系，没有骗取广大人民群众信任的想法。不过最近俺经常来这个板块逛逛。