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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.. B$ ]7 _# q" @3 |
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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." K4 R T( P, n( k. @ Q
! k; o" [- x+ T6 e- V% Z! rSales 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., { N" R s* C( o4 M/ R: _
, h J/ e5 E' BWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.9 y% X4 B7 O: k* f
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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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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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! }, X/ s. m# T/ L) O- \ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,; ?& P3 W5 y$ Y/ \8 J
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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0 h @8 b$ g0 EBut 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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