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Ron Chalmers, edmontonjournal.com( E3 ^9 b& y! R- l, R1 I
Published: Wednesday, April 04, 2007" `& X3 b" ?1 w" [& W
7 M: C3 l* ~ o% N& @Average house prices have hit half a million dollars in southwest Edmonton and almost $400,000 across the Capital region.$ p! C# ?# H! [/ Z. o0 o
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“It is clear that housing prices have not yet peaked,” Carolyn Pratt, president of th Edmonton Real Estate Board said Wednesday, releasing the March sales figures from the Mutiple Listing Service.
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Edmonton-area prices averaged $398,476 for single-family homes and $325,339 for all housing forms.
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- ^$ U! q [9 `In only the first three months of this year, average home prices have climbed 12.4 per cent, so Pratt has abandoned her earlier forecast of a 15 per cent increase for the full year.
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“We’re predicting that prices will continue to rise until August, at four to five per cent per month, then at two per cent per month,” she said today.7 Z+ g& c) l6 ~: ]& h
Average prices for single-family homes varied from $501,838 in Southwest Edmonton, and $484,168 in St. Albert, to $320,600 in Morinville, $312,730 in northeast Edmonton and $281,480 in central Edmonton. |
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