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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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4 J9 g* u* H/ [! }Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.( M) H/ r4 p6 g( U9 B% Q
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.% r1 m* z( {, H% a! c
5 u1 h# i+ @5 M5 @' eBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.6 B/ k+ I) J9 n/ s+ Z6 N' V4 _0 d/ v
* @2 ~; M& ]) y/ ]& E5 q2 vBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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They climbed three per cent from April to an average of $354,410 for all forms of housing. Single-family houses averaged $426,028 while condos averaged $266,100.
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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. P3 Q7 E4 g) O- t' oComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,, C9 z( W5 H; @) W/ O* |& e) @
8 Y7 _; K( v7 a6 h& I: D/ JBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.# Z/ t+ K- l. a/ [3 z% @6 `7 ]* i
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But fears of higher interest rates have hurt confidence among Alberta business leaders and consumers -- especially about home buying -- in a new survey for PricewaterhouseCoopers, released Monday.* w/ L8 i0 c" u& h
, K6 J6 c' f' ~& V' ?"The majority of indices stayed relatively stable, but people are less optimistic than in February," said Marc Tremblay, vice-president of Leger Marketing in Calgary. |
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