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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. 3 _2 N- E' r6 e/ R5 \! M) U
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Edmonton house prices now are down $50,000 from their May peak of $426,028.
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. ^& S4 O9 F2 K6 Z3 AThe volatile mixed category of duplexes and rowhouses plummeted 15.4 per cent to $311,193.
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% \* e$ ]2 U0 _' AThe average for all housing forms, $325,060, is still up 15.1 per cent from November 2006.
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9 e m% [: |$ v4 c"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."1 D( H8 ?; Z* d& Q: D \' H# F
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During November, residential inventory dropped to 8,667 properties from 9,577 a month earlier.
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Pratt predicted that inventory will continue to fall and that prices will rise slowly in the spring. |
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