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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.) o6 F/ n0 F! O ~ @" f/ _& h
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.6 k Q5 K; e) B: d! o& [9 w W# [
q/ d! V" N$ Z6 P- L. jWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.! T d- z; O6 g# h
$ u2 X& Y. w9 cBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.; g, S% S# f. H+ [ e" G) u4 N2 W
/ U# C- E( `+ M( ^( VBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day." d1 ]0 n/ g- K8 e# H
' S% w [% R& D' M2 G9 j+ SThey 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 $266,100.
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: T C) |$ u: S$ I6 K s# AComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.& F, B4 y- u5 i* Q( p4 ?# {! q4 a
4 A) T" F9 G# [' Z! FComFree 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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u* r/ ?+ a aBut 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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' O; \. A, k& `" l9 Y, n) c, J"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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