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EDMONTON - Edmonton home prices dropped an average of 6.5 per cent in November from October.
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; W' j. a3 u6 ]1 A+ B7 JSingle-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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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, $325,060, is still up 15.1 per cent from November 2006.4 j- I) V3 h2 W! X- O. y
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"The current market is very price-sensitive," Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, said today. "If property is not priced right for this market, it may languish in the listings."# _" x7 D2 m& ]' ^
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During November, residential inventory dropped to 8,667 properties from 9,577 a month earlier.
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8 r$ A) X' ?2 SPratt predicted that inventory will continue to fall and that prices will rise slowly in the spring. |
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