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ZT: Edmonton home sales down 40 per cent compared to last January

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http://www.edmontonjournal.com/H ... /1248520/story.html
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% \* M) E( J  t8 q% b+ REDMONTON — Edmonton’s resale housing market sales kicked off the new year by stumbling out the gate — with residential MLS sales down 40.5 per cent compared to January 2008.2 m/ o/ L2 o# O$ Z- C' d
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Every indicator fared worse than it did in January of last year, showed Multiple Listing Service figures released Tuesday.
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9 e* c1 J* e$ f2 H- Total MLS sales plunged 40.9 per cent.
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- Value of total sales for the month was $265 million — down 42.4 per cent.* P' y0 M# |+ k) P) V5 z0 C4 A
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- The single-family home average selling price fell 7.1 per cent to $352,689.% M$ ^8 i8 G! D5 n1 _5 P
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- The average condo selling price dropped 7.5 per cent to $238,535.
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0 {! Q- n6 l9 o7 a  ^- In the single-family market, there were 502 houses sold, down from 767 in January 2008.3 s$ S4 ?2 F0 j+ B% ~' M

8 Z1 Y, Z$ i; J+ k- For condos, only 189 sold in January compared to 363 a year ago.# A1 i; X, Y6 v

6 k: y: w2 k1 ]8 {* F" jFor all that, Charlie Ponde, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, sounded optimistic, if cautious.
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7 Z$ i, t9 [) e- iHe looked on the bright side, the month-by-month comparison — January figures were modestly better than December’s gloomy statistics.6 t  K! J' a; I8 E5 x0 H4 w
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Multiple Listing Service figures released Tuesday showed 730 residential properties sold in the Edmonton region in January, up from 608 in December.
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Sales prices were also up in all categories as compared to the previous month. The average price of a single-family home in January was $352,689 — up a quarter of a per cent compared to December. Condo prices nudged up 1.8 per cent to $238,535 and duplex/rowhouses rose 2.2 per cent to $299,222.
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7 g9 u- ]: L4 C+ g% @“Nobody rings a bell when prices hit the bottom,” he said. “The bottom is evident only after several months of rising prices. One month does not make a trend but the market is certainly welcoming to home buyers.”
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He pointed to interest rates which have fallen to their lowest in years, a large selection of homes and recently introduced federal tax credits for home renovation and a change in the amount of RRSP savings that can be applied to a first-home purchase — now $25,000 up from $20,000.
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成交量荡40%,只能说明买卖双方都不愿意入市.如果价钱荡40%的话,老末保证成交量会几倍增长.
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