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EDMONTON - Edmonton home prices dropped an average of 6.5 per cent in November from October.# ]( P% N0 ?+ I' Z& K
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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.
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8 c5 l7 |) q, I- |; m: rEdmonton house prices now are down $50,000 from their May peak of $426,028.
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2 R6 H/ L# K* u# x% FThe volatile mixed category of duplexes and rowhouses plummeted 15.4 per cent to $311,193.. v D' ^6 ^& u* _7 C; E4 a* g5 y
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The average for all housing forms, $325,060, is still up 15.1 per cent from November 2006.7 S( t( l% h/ \+ Z
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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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. S2 r4 G3 I j- `7 ?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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