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* Q2 ^1 f8 ~0 Y5 Z) ]. q& WEDMONTON - 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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b, j, Q6 ^: N; W) f( WThat'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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& E- X0 r1 a+ i; s0 f- b6 G- YWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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) k- p& U( Z3 r" OBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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I+ S$ g0 x2 a/ K) S9 S( F$ y ?5 |7 |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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; A @. l. w6 \) H. v+ m7 yComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.: d5 J5 C4 n- V6 \
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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! s# L, i. Z6 ?$ j- B0 a! wBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.6 F; U& O0 u+ a6 V7 u2 X4 W
; m8 |! t% N/ f; l; ~9 r: `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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9 b2 w/ W" e* p) c"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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