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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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4 O$ Y: q$ H9 |, ~3 Q! yThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.6 {$ ^: ^# f7 V0 P- l
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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.
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.- d1 D0 G7 X+ O& D) \4 {3 m
4 x+ q8 J' W8 \ X/ AThey 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.& e: q6 N8 ]% j+ P: }& r2 f
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.( o4 c. x# p3 Z v6 ~
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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5 U; r% p" g- z3 N! T% h( ~, b! eBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.6 J# e3 q: ~: u4 S2 V! u. X: ?0 i
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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.+ m, o, b* r4 ^& R+ r8 T7 @
9 u4 @4 r: G2 C% L/ M7 @"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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