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EDMONTON - Edmonton home prices dropped an average of 6.5 per cent in November from October.
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Single-family houses fell 5.3 per cent to $376,267 while condos were down four per cent to $252,277.
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, t4 I. |/ Y) T0 r, k/ N- K: gEdmonton house prices now are down $50,000 from their May peak of $426,028.1 o- R! w% \( e e4 M- _
' _: W: q6 o) b U) t& QThe volatile mixed category of duplexes and rowhouses plummeted 15.4 per cent to $311,193.
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' {# y, ~( L4 AThe average for all housing forms, $325,060, is still up 15.1 per cent from November 2006.
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; l1 g' H: T8 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."9 F v/ p" Y2 n- I8 a
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During November, residential inventory dropped to 8,667 properties from 9,577 a month earlier.
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3 a7 t* A% C3 u0 z# x* y7 S' W4 d NPratt predicted that inventory will continue to fall and that prices will rise slowly in the spring. |
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