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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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# Z6 I8 ]1 b+ t4 YSales 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.# B- c+ d% {( P: b
8 l; i# c/ e8 e, YWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April./ F7 K, k& R. A+ c3 {' q
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.1 _2 @5 h% ^1 O2 R. p
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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! t+ C; I4 N# }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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; S3 z: J3 B* [ jComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.( @' A% B7 d6 T
1 ?' r8 T/ x. F1 m! RComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,4 E2 U) {4 K4 e0 J; x1 x, ~( k3 p G
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.3 w7 T) ` w* F+ D2 x
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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.
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"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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