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H8 s6 N; O9 E. s$ u$ REDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.3 x2 P8 r; u' X
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006." w9 q; ]# x B
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.4 W; V F* C- C- p) ~; l
4 i3 y$ r7 H! A1 x+ SBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.8 R% S d3 ]' K0 z4 N! e* H. s
- U8 m2 N* M5 o1 g5 P2 M6 a. b$ oThey 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 $266,100.6 z' }/ K4 h2 w1 I1 j5 y* v
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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* i5 L% M$ M2 k! u s: r% b- z5 qComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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: a( |6 ?/ Q, R) U( w* q8 UBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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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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