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! T; ~6 J5 O2 s: |# gEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.5 y7 ?& c, |+ M- a
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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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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.
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! V3 u4 ~6 z. _9 AWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.- K: m. H" M/ L% t8 J
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.! }! q# p6 t5 @. [: b% i# l: {
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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* q; y" K0 [5 S1 u4 \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 $266,100.
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# M* |6 O$ ?; r2 d! bComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.: V6 ^: F% R+ S9 o- T: J- B
, z7 {; F% }4 @* H( lComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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8 P5 s" z& o |6 j7 K% u- M$ eBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.2 P7 a' v* Q; S
% y5 U8 j( h2 |, a/ }" FBut 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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