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Ron Chalmers, edmontonjournal.com9 v: P: A0 r0 B
Published: Wednesday, April 04, 2007: H& n- T* O: W" S! u# d
( W- q2 g$ n5 M) `/ W, _. j k7 dAverage house prices have hit half a million dollars in southwest Edmonton and almost $400,000 across the Capital region.$ P) l' B6 B! d% O) Y" Z
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“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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8 | P5 s ?, n. B9 }8 i/ |, J( l; lEdmonton-area prices averaged $398,476 for single-family homes and $325,339 for all housing forms.& D% N3 U9 J0 X1 e) ^6 T% o- r
) H% @1 C# G! _: ]( x( _6 O CIn only the first three months of this year, average home prices have climbed 12.4 per cent, so Pratt has abandoned her earlier forecast of a 15 per cent increase for the full year.: [9 _, p0 l2 j R
& {- g2 W* a5 J* d0 F; S" R' X“We’re predicting that prices will continue to rise until August, at four to five per cent per month, then at two per cent per month,” she said today./ @: {5 D$ S* k3 ^: s
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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