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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.: `4 D" [; Q2 L P, Y* p
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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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* q/ ]% s# |4 Z, B [With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.. X8 G9 W1 Q! e
) M9 D2 R& r' ?0 W' p* HBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday., H' H8 f- _! ^
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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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 $266,100.
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2 @+ \3 {6 h$ J- WComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.) L1 r9 H: I+ U6 d
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,7 Q* R9 Q) r5 c- Q
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.1 x8 ?4 _: {; O1 W
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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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