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Edmonton housing prices have largest one-month drop in city's history
- W. d- `$ _8 w" y1 AEdmonton Journal ~0 v8 g. p! h" p! f
Published: 12:09 pm& Z1 e$ V& G6 F# b# S- ~' R
Edmonton-area home prices fell by almost $10,000 in August - the deepest drop in this city's history.
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The August average of $344,792, for all forms of housing, was down 2.8 per cent from July.
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Inventory rose to a record level of 9,185 listings with 4,331 homes newly listed during the month and only 1,229 sold.1 h% I. o$ u6 H3 y: x( x
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One year earlier, inventory was just 2,138 units.
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% n$ U/ Y4 P& s2 Z5 r. _( h3 nWhile sellers have lost the luxury of bidding wars, "buyers have a lot of choice," said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton - which released the figures, Wednesday.$ K/ {1 X( e6 a8 v; L
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Average prices of single-family homes fell 3.2 per cent, in August, to $403,757. That rolls them back to the levels of March and April. But they're still up 27.6 per cent from 12 months earlier.
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Percentage-wise, home prices have fallen more steeply in earlier years. From December, 1994 to January, 1995, average prices fell 6.5 per cent to $106,645. From June to July, 1984, they fell 7.9 per cent to $75,800. From February to March, 1964, they fell 23.1 per cent to $10,720.+ r: i$ w/ B- K
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