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1 N' q: ~; S Q# O; j1 S6 O! k7 ~EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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0 j$ Y$ h, i: s6 D1 b" @6 U5 r1 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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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.. s: N) s( d% u" x1 K; R# e4 ]
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.( T* L1 N5 N' ^$ G; ?0 t
& ^. N8 N! R1 V6 }( \0 q# _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 $266,100.7 J2 U3 Y" N7 a: Q
0 h# _$ Z8 [' M6 CComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.; r. x2 K: f8 m$ o& q$ Q! W
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,( [ D- o$ \3 x L# L/ z# A: |# g
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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# S/ G: Z( P. PBut 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.3 L5 h5 D e) v. h& O! f
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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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