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Double-digit declines for Edmonton home prices

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EDMONTON - While average resale home prices across Canada nudged upward in the third quarter, Edmonton saw double-digit declines from last year in bungalows, two-storeys and standard condos, says a report released today by real estate firm Royal LePage.
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The average Multiple Listing Service sale price for an Edmonton bungalow fell 11.8 per cent to $326,429 compared to the third-quarter of 2007, says the market survey.  L7 W' z+ W0 @$ b. q

' w" b# k7 d7 Q4 LTwo-storey houses dropped 13.8 per cent year-over-year to $342,857 in the Edmonton market.
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! b+ J# k, Y8 ~6 A: f( b, H/ y& eFont:****A standard condominium tumbled 18.8 per cent from last year to $216,667.
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Across Canada, the survey found, on average, standard condos rose by 0.2 per cent to $243,529.* m9 @# ?& G( u1 k- L
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Standard two-storeys increased by 0.1 per cent to $408,927 while the average price of detached bungalows remained stable at $240,000.
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Phil Soper, Royal LePage president and CEO, said Canada's housing market is fundamentally different and stronger economically than the U.S. market being shaken by the sub-prime mortgage crisis.
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1 C9 {, u6 y& ^3 h0 W0 j0 B+ Z"Average house price appreciation curves are beginning to flatten, but this is a completely natural reaction to the explosive gains that characterized the market earlier this decade," Soper said in a release.
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" ?. J. Z8 @! D) W$ sThe report said despite dropping year-over-year prices in Alberta, the resource-rich economy is strong and unemployment is low./ M. ?! R& t8 \: f
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"As such, the recent price decline is merely a correction to the dramatic run-up in prices that both Edmonton and Calgary experienced in the past few years," the report said.& d) m9 `) K7 @) L5 H

- M" C4 y( I  I2 u$ ]4 ~8 dThe survey said the year-over-year drop in the Calgary market varied from a decline of 8.7 per cent for a standard two-storey home, 8.2 per cent for a standard condominium and 6.2 per cent for a detached bungalow.; [# ^% x9 y8 j( A% [

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