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MLS inventory hits 11,000+ T: r9 s" q, h
Record number of homes for sale 21/2 times greater than last June's lineup. ]& P% \5 J+ T: p" y; ~; S/ o
: [# J9 x) r5 {% s8 {% l, i. pBill Mah, The Edmonton Journal1 h: Y4 y* v3 `6 S
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EDMONTON - A record glut of Edmonton-area homes for sale shows no signs of shrinking soon.# R/ l f, s& B6 [' I$ G
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At the end of May, 11,006 residential properties sat unsold on the Edmonton Multiple Listing Service, according to monthly statistics released Tuesday by the Realtors Association of Edmonton.
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That's up 400 homes from a month ago, and 21/2 times the inventory of the same time last year. At the current pace of home sales, that amounts to a six-month supply, twice the normal inventory.
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Good news, if you're a buyer. For sellers, it means waiting an average of 53 days for a sale -- up one day from April.# {5 [7 [1 T( t+ z+ L* w" F) R) U
% A" ^) |/ e }$ o+ u1 {/ x"It's a great time right now to be purchasing, because the selection has never been better and the interest rates are low," association president Marc Perras said.
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Perras predicted the surplus will shrink to about 8,000 by the fall as homes sell or multiple homeowners rent out extra homes instead of trying to sell them., B+ k% k; v5 E" ~ ~2 f; v& g
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In May, 4,294 homes were added to the listings inventory and 1,821 homes sold. May sales were higher than same-month sales in 2003 and 2004, but fell short of May sales for 2005 to 2007, during a real estate boom.
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Despite plummeting demand, prices have remained relatively stable.: j# b& D; K" E4 E1 l7 Y _ ^ {
0 y. t% T& n) l& P9 N/ b- J5 zPerras forecasts home prices will rise by an average of four per cent by year's end.
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In May, the average (mean) price for all types of homes rose one per cent from April to $340,499. That price is down about four per cent from a year ago.
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8 A) O2 b0 M+ x' F# ?5 r6 m( E3 f" PThe May average selling price for a single-family dwelling was $383,167 -- down about 10 per cent from May last year.& ^( i2 @- Y8 T5 b
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The median -- middle figure in a list of all sale prices -- selling price for a single-family home in May was $365,000, down 8.75 per cent year-over-year./ u- q2 H$ {9 z" a5 F, m' B4 m
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The average selling price for condos was $260,837 in May, down nearly two per cent from the same month last year.
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) ], M) z* |3 k" ]- _1 GPaul Messinger, a University of Alberta marketing professor, said the Edmonton real estate market appears to be following an economic model that says in times of high demand, prices get bid up rapidly.: ~4 P3 T. \+ z; t: ]: Y. ~
6 E. z9 d) `% k! g# rPrices are slower to drop when demand falls.
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2 N5 h, o7 u+ B0 y1 E/ {: L"Now, when we are back closer to historical patterns, we see an adjustment where the slack is taken up not by price but by the inventory," Messinger said.
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"For years, Edmonton was one of the best real estate values in the country. Now we are much more in line with the rest of Canada in terms of price."
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