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Ron Chalmers, edmontonjournal.com
' J! k% a; Y3 |1 r! D0 C' qPublished: Wednesday, April 04, 2007
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Average house prices have hit half a million dollars in southwest Edmonton and almost $400,000 across the Capital region.0 k& a, H7 v* N, o
: o( y$ K, z3 K& F' o“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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& B; y. Q: k- b" dEdmonton-area prices averaged $398,476 for single-family homes and $325,339 for all housing forms.3 n' z8 Q) W. w
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In 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." l. d- j& @ C. o) D" i2 ^
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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.; \, i- u! Q, Y. d! O. k
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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