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y2 R9 H6 _8 F0 l$ OEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.( B" Y+ b, f6 H9 l+ @
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.$ I3 @0 E! { P, w2 h
. M1 O& m, a% B# I: eWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April." Q1 R/ T4 p& H3 J& r
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.) s% V: J5 t2 c2 p& h% z* C5 U
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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 $266,100.! c$ ]0 R% m- t. ?, d
) _ E3 }0 g3 @5 ?" gComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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: d z' Q% S" I1 E GComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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, I# m1 f4 `. a: x5 y/ W+ [Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.3 ^% y" ^6 t$ w5 S1 }5 u
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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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