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EDMONTON - Edmonton home prices dropped an average of 6.5 per cent in November from October.4 g& e7 ^9 o. n q" O
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Single-family houses fell 5.3 per cent to $376,267 while condos were down four per cent to $252,277. / X( p4 ]) I$ w8 q9 D% U
- x/ ^& v, P9 |Edmonton house prices now are down $50,000 from their May peak of $426,028.
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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 2006.8 L/ a; a5 H/ x1 N! o. w9 b
" e* R: X" j! H"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."
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During November, residential inventory dropped to 8,667 properties from 9,577 a month earlier.5 W k# y' z7 ?# s
8 }0 w1 @, b& \& T- M* I8 xPratt predicted that inventory will continue to fall and that prices will rise slowly in the spring. |
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