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( b: b' u2 h( e) N7 Y% w+ PEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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d8 B, }( }( z" [% y( j* D/ [6 TThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.2 `) w2 q1 S/ a* i x& e
, \# Y: M8 e5 XSales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.
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* q3 K( ?1 F5 F5 p) nWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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6 Z% p# O2 X K$ C0 ?5 \. H9 DBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.0 e+ V) i1 v, A; O0 j: p' f U8 h
, y3 s! [8 O+ u* z3 `" b# lBut 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.! T9 D, t* t) o# d. }% }8 P
( b; \3 Y4 I' P& k7 b2 g% }7 HComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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& L( ^7 X( l& n. ~. q& w1 iComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.5 O. w8 I% I0 z ?" ^* I: W6 }
" t8 H& d0 B d/ mBut 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., q" D/ u5 [8 Y2 F9 s& O
+ t8 }' U# k' Q( p2 r"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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