With sales of single-family homes jumping by 34 per cent in Sylvan Lake but dropping by 17 per cent in Stettler last year, it’s tough to generalize about the health of Central Alberta’s real estate market. But Ken Devoe, president of the Central Alberta Realtors Association, offered an optimistic diagnosis on Thursday.

“The 2012 real estate market was one of good growth,” he said at a Red Deer news conference organized by the association.

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