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, F1 u; I1 s) u8 `/ YEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.: ]* \7 I. R9 [, k2 ^
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.
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4 |$ H6 I6 k% l' c2 BWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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w, _0 w: p& PBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.9 p' |! L& Y4 z0 W! k
' J. ]- k- a) e; R7 wBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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5 X5 M" a4 N' q: f& y( _" gThey 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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* {/ G/ K7 U" Z3 m2 ]ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.& S! G( M0 @/ W7 F
7 m0 H* M. N2 L; MComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,6 f& D+ D8 |0 K8 Z/ a! s
5 N( }- W7 D5 E, S) U: SBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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' r4 \; f6 |8 t8 ]5 dBut 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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