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! B N1 q& M8 v9 ^' KEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.* u1 x2 c+ C( X. `
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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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% F) X# P# h) e9 @0 D9 _% DWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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' {4 f! D- T0 z) O1 C# q) aBuyers 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.
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% F9 J- W! F+ 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 $266,100.
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.; C$ q% F5 ?& [2 o& Y
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,/ R. c+ X9 k& T l1 f' m7 |3 K
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.% i6 f! d" v1 e# ], F" v
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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.
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/ Y. B2 v1 G3 Z5 s"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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