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Ron Chalmers, edmontonjournal.com* U% i+ |! ]0 J9 y$ ~
Published: Wednesday, April 04, 2007
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Average house prices have hit half a million dollars in southwest Edmonton and almost $400,000 across the Capital region.+ F5 ~9 Y! j9 I" o6 \( K
) |# H/ j( i' S“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 $325,339 for all housing forms.. [7 ^; v2 @. x" r/ K+ S K Z8 g
8 E: ]& ]0 }4 Y3 J# c* HIn only the first three months of this year, average home prices have climbed 12.4 per cent, so Pratt has abandoned her earlier forecast of a 15 per cent increase for the full year.
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“We’re predicting that prices will continue to rise until August, at four to five per cent per month, then at two per cent per month,” she said today.- M8 e0 |( ^$ B* }$ ^3 }
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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