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EDMONTON - Edmonton home prices dropped an average of 6.5 per cent in November from October.- k1 x7 i% h8 ?# P6 u7 f
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Single-family houses fell 5.3 per cent to $376,267 while condos were down four per cent to $252,277. ]4 P/ {0 i- x
; Z# c2 p, o5 \! P$ }Edmonton house prices now are down $50,000 from their May peak of $426,028.
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The volatile mixed category of duplexes and rowhouses plummeted 15.4 per cent to $311,193.: I3 E6 A9 v3 P S$ U7 K
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The average for all housing forms, $325,060, is still up 15.1 per cent from November 2006.2 \% X! b& j( l) r
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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."8 ~, B# h/ S0 u
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During November, residential inventory dropped to 8,667 properties from 9,577 a month earlier.
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+ h: ^/ K& t/ cPratt predicted that inventory will continue to fall and that prices will rise slowly in the spring. |
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