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. H6 d. f9 `. O3 V5 _EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.' {3 b: G; u% q: t
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.
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! i1 a1 C( ?; ^( LWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.) z" I; s3 M9 G$ T3 l6 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.
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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 $266,100.1 d' M/ N9 L" V6 U" M
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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1 T# n' z+ w7 _% }7 LComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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' J5 ^; a, ?7 rBut fears of higher interest rates have hurt confidence among Alberta business leaders and consumers -- especially about home buying -- in a new survey for PricewaterhouseCoopers, released Monday.! Y7 }9 u: o" F; f
+ w* K6 W5 K$ H5 |; _. i* W9 k% q"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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