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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. * B! Q y. n" O- H% `8 j- H
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Edmonton house prices now are down $50,000 from their May peak of $426,028.! i) }$ e4 n8 T4 B
' V5 ~1 T) O4 g0 w: K% s" @9 Z; {The volatile mixed category of duplexes and rowhouses plummeted 15.4 per cent to $311,193.
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8 J( [2 i2 }9 g# J4 U; `% r- kThe average for all housing forms, $325,060, is still up 15.1 per cent from November 2006.: ~+ C0 N/ I# {! ?
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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."
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# V2 U7 S: e7 F& R1 [5 ^6 c' q) j& jDuring 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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