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! A; t% n& Q* v. j8 W0 NEDMONTON - 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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2 q7 z7 c K. B: BThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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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 Y; ^3 p. y; O4 E0 e" h7 }
+ E" N& }- Y& b2 tWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.0 R) c s/ [3 O j* Y- h
$ \! A1 N( ?' V! K- e, k5 U7 m8 |Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.! J: J" g1 }& t: |
' \, A0 |- o, F! m TBut 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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ComFree, 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,2 V! Y- D! r+ g/ B+ ~
' W9 B6 n3 b" W, C% c( ?9 q0 w( SBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.; s z% F2 r+ N& \2 D) q( C1 ^, q3 Z
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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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"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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