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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 2007.6 i5 E' X. J f2 W; n o9 }
, v+ k+ {+ Z) t# LThat'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. C6 @7 ~- P; M/ o0 P1 ]
' z3 a H( z7 J/ D, b4 T, R2 \With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.% G) K1 E9 Q3 V2 m9 ]0 `) ^: h
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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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: t! b9 K: Z: |1 J3 x, R( xBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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/ s5 `! [- ~& s0 g2 i7 q: ?. KThey 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 $266,100.5 o3 v- }- [9 l. c$ E s9 q0 G
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.! {! T2 W: a% h+ e+ f8 r
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,3 d5 O; e2 d& A" r. K8 Q$ d" F/ K
8 n! I4 M9 z9 \ I4 J+ \1 V: XBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.- A" M* A3 ]5 U9 N
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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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