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Average home price tops $300K in major markets
$ `* n" [- b: {; Q! |+ V aLast Updated Wed, 14 Jun 2006 14:05:59 EDT 0 `( G+ X2 z- o/ d5 c2 J/ E
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( x! E7 k. x0 h, P+ fThe average sale price of an existing home in 25 of Canada's major markets topped $300,000 in May for the first time ever, according to the latest figures from the Canadian Real Estate Association.
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' ^6 e% H4 J# {; K4 T1 m# D4 [& \Home sales are rising faster than new listings
2 H3 R7 @0 s) mMultiple Listing Service (MLS) figures show that the average home sold for a record $303,836, up 12.9 per cent from May 2005.
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% d- @9 R0 V2 z6 [' W/ f/ eIt was the biggest yearly increase recorded in two years.
4 m6 X+ ^" F/ c1 D: {/ b, c& TThe Greater Vancouver area continued to have the most expensive housing in the country. There, the average home resale was $518,176 in May, up 23.7 per cent from the same month a year ago.% X) B$ |2 G+ H
" P0 @; w0 P- d% W/ [+ [# N* rRed-hot Calgary experienced the highest year-over-year increase, with the average price for an existing home climbing 43.6 per cent to $358,214.
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7 W/ g8 k6 J" `% {2 \3 |+ t$ ]"Recent price increases are resulting in a growing shortage of lower priced resale home listings in a number of markets," CREA chief economist Gregory Klump noted in a statement.6 i% m. n) \! \
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"This is crimping sales in lower price ranges and pushing up the average price for MLS home sales."
, Q0 {$ O/ \6 V: U# jOverall, sales in the country's major markets rose 4.4 per cent to a record 37,460 units in May. On a year-to-date basis, sales activity broke records in 12 cities across the country.
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" \7 @( c! D6 W) q& U8 Z0 gHere is a sampling of average MLS home prices in May (with year-over-year changes in brackets):
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$ m- N- b# S6 @' h+ DCalgary: $358,214 (+43.6%) % k# R2 s) ]- P9 h7 Y1 Z& D- N
Edmonton: $242,936 (+22.9%)
5 ]0 d6 X1 q4 g8 C( I6 x8 BHalifax-Dartmouth: $210,225 (+7.6%) . ?, U; @4 L" N% f, S
Montreal: $219,433 (+8.2%) * S w9 X5 j8 \1 w. L4 @) }# S/ ?
Ottawa: $260,219 (+4.7%) & {7 \0 u7 O9 R- a7 E
Quebec City: $150,324 (+6.9%)
) v: z) _' q" m8 G- dRegina: $142,147 (+10.3%) . G& V8 B. y) A
Saint John, N.B.: $129,844 (+12.3%) / [6 M" g, P5 p7 g
Saskatoon: $162,279 (+11.5%) : m: v! N+ @( {. X9 C6 G B
Nfld. & Lab.: $133,541 (-1.2%) ! q) _0 c6 L/ M, I! o7 w9 j
Thunder Bay, Ont.: $118,804 (-9.0%)
2 J6 S" a4 {4 BToronto: $365,537 (+5.5%) ) X& S1 S7 B0 T& m F* A# ]
Vancouver: $518,176 (+23.7%)
' d+ _& q! q! ~; {$ h8 ~Winnipeg: $159,801 (+12.5%)
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