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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. * u5 o3 X% _: k, ~. M! ] O
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Edmonton house prices now are down $50,000 from their May peak of $426,028.2 ]( K4 Q- t, h- J0 L* f
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The volatile mixed category of duplexes and rowhouses plummeted 15.4 per cent to $311,193. i. x& t$ E' P {8 r1 v
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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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"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."( O. u3 C/ U/ V; _! ~
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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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