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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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Edmonton house prices now are down $50,000 from their May peak of $426,028.
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3 F. g3 v7 r7 B. g9 ^1 |% W* wThe volatile mixed category of duplexes and rowhouses plummeted 15.4 per cent to $311,193.
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, z+ K9 i! r. Y" J% QThe average for all housing forms, $325,060, is still up 15.1 per cent from November 2006.% r' X9 e' g( f5 E: }* |4 ~( T4 G
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"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.. K8 J# O" _ I6 r. ~9 B
9 w2 v7 d1 c. Q' M" J5 b6 vPratt predicted that inventory will continue to fall and that prices will rise slowly in the spring. |
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