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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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5 u! }! c# L5 P: {6 t6 @That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.- U4 o/ H6 U$ }% c% K6 C
U0 s* I0 r- x; ?* R/ ?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./ R1 K v7 k+ i4 D
5 b- i. ]4 R' a4 d3 o: @' yWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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6 I% \7 U4 M2 X. n9 @Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday. s4 v# q# U) C2 s* M3 ]
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.% r- J+ K% I0 z, k
2 T% _3 g$ ^% Y' [$ vThey 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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) M1 L/ y3 q% i+ EComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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, e/ S+ Q7 q. q& |- |8 k8 MComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,1 W: [/ p' z- A8 h( v
' K: b" q5 B6 {* w- N4 [Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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4 Y" p0 @; V( E* M# Z; cBut 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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