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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006. d0 T# [1 e- R A3 ^6 T( E ^
# {3 O( d& G! X1 H' ^' u4 SSales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.
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, F) e9 U+ Q3 N, l% m |With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.* ]: Z; Y4 c$ W8 c9 I8 L5 ^
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.- e: q' }$ H3 [5 s8 [5 s3 X
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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.
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- z9 h! v% y9 [# p* y# h8 W: SComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,3 v( n( R4 X3 _
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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C/ M- P2 l E- J' yBut 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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: U& m k7 p% Q8 v1 k7 y"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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