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EDMONTON - Edmonton home prices dropped an average of 6.5 per cent in November from October.. ] M ~$ u0 ^+ B0 u1 v
5 X. x* d" P# L! g7 o" pSingle-family houses fell 5.3 per cent to $376,267 while condos were down four per cent to $252,277. 1 W- |1 g# \* d+ S0 i5 l' G
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Edmonton house prices now are down $50,000 from their May peak of $426,028.2 W/ p* L+ i% l- p! }0 W! Q2 e) j
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The volatile mixed category of duplexes and rowhouses plummeted 15.4 per cent to $311,193.
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1 f! R! w3 o. ?4 aThe average for all housing forms, $325,060, is still up 15.1 per cent from November 2006.
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& {: L! E- c, B"The current market is very price-sensitive," Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, said today. "If property is not priced right for this market, it may languish in the listings."$ _3 D5 e8 [) G$ l4 n
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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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