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EDMONTON - Edmonton home prices dropped an average of 6.5 per cent in November from October.3 c4 `0 W& M- C- C5 W9 J5 j
4 e5 \, { D! M. _1 Q# rSingle-family houses fell 5.3 per cent to $376,267 while condos were down four per cent to $252,277.
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; z5 e* L& O9 sEdmonton house prices now are down $50,000 from their May peak of $426,028.
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& G% K3 l: V4 JThe 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, $325,060, is still up 15.1 per cent from November 2006.
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% Y |, B, X, w+ T+ y"The current market is very price-sensitive," Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, said today. "If property is not priced right for this market, it may languish in the listings."$ ?9 `7 s+ x3 f: Z
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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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