Return to 'normal' seen in Edmonton housing market

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EDMONTON — Prices for single-family homes in the Edmonton region dropped while condo prices rallied in December, according to figures released today by the Realtors Association of Edmonton.
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0 N: v5 s  ~# h9 ~8 U“That’s a 180-degree twist from what we saw in the month of November,” said outgoing association president Marc Perras.

: G6 W, ^  c& `" I2 H4 o7 P5 nThe average price for a single family home dropped by three per cent to $351,870 after remaining flat for two months. That’s $30,000 less than the average price of a single family dwelling at the start of 2008.
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% {) J# }; W' m: S# U) D) r0 ECondominium prices — which fell more than eight per cent in the previous two months — edged up 1.2 per cent over November.
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0 Y) ^2 K* H6 ~& C. ?2 c2 \Over the year, condo prices dropped 7.5 per cent from $253,270 to $234,286.

At the end of December, there were 6,316 homes in inventory. The sales to listing ratio was 46 per cent and average days on market was 65, up two from November.

: d* M, U- Q; d7 k! k0 [+ _6 UResidential sales plunged by 29.1 per cent in December to 608. Perras blamed cold weather and global economic uncertainty.
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  B/ m  ?8 K6 I1 C; S& O“Who wants to tour homes when both your toes and your portfolio are frozen?” Perras said.
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8 j5 u  [& R: p  N5 z9 P% Z. DNeither Perras, nor incoming president Charlie Ponde would release a resale market forecast for 2009 until a news conference scheduled for Thursday.
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1 f  h9 M5 z, J4 @- L+ L% XBut one real estate company predicted Tuesday that after months of sluggish sales and slipping prices, Edmonton’s housing will return to “a normal state” in 2009.

; n" _& a5 S$ }- i' F# k' J1 EThe year will bring stable average house prices and gradually increasing sales, according to the Royal LePage 2009 Market Survey Forecast.

* ~7 `' z% i& N& _% g“The combination of healthy employment levels, historically low interest rates and good affordability — something the city has not seen in a while — will all bolster Edmonton’s housing resale market in 2009,” said the survey.
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/ z5 k, ]* M$ D" a( m% gThe report predicts the average local house price to hold steady at $333,000 this year. The number of homes sold is expected to increase by three per cent to 17,825 units, it said.
4 T5 f( d& ~! N! _( ?The company added that a glut of homes that burdened the market shrank in 2008 and will get smaller in 2009, putting Edmonton in a balanced market.
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“Nationally, Canadian average house prices are forecast to dip by three per cent from last year to $295,000, while transactions are projected to fall to 416,000 (–3.5 per cent) unit sales in 2009,” the report said.

7 A9 d5 f; N0 P4 V7 T% h/ y. EMeanwhile, the Realtors Association of Edmonton will release a recap of the housing market this morning and a forecast of 2009 on Thursday.

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冬腊梅

dezhongxiao

卖房子的房地产公司当然看好市场了。
所以宣称不会跌了。

BAOMA

听到喜欢听的，自然就愿意相信。
6 I" W8 R% e" l0 K还是让事实来揭晓答案吧。

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catty

今天看到经纪人协会分析，说09销售会跌10%，不过没说价格，按照他们的歪嘴惯性，说不定售价+10%，理由是房子卖得少，售价自然就高，供不应求 。

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