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1 _, ]9 Z5 T- ^3 c+ _EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.# n+ ^* H" ? u6 d" E6 O( c8 g
0 ~! M9 C ?5 a3 T7 o' UThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006." t0 N6 R6 d6 f" V( G. g( [' B
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.
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3 D ~ x( E! h4 p9 d0 ^9 P! PWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.% @% h' ?% |2 V$ _. \- f' a6 N
- Q4 P8 u6 ]4 L6 {- K/ _Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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, V4 M5 i) v6 g' B8 [; r1 u# GBut 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 $266,100.
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5 [' c' X- N2 m/ m \! [" _0 lComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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$ l( b r+ ?: Z: y$ qComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,% o+ |! f% p2 F3 L3 Z# @: v' v7 X+ l
5 u4 _- X8 m8 n* @/ U1 D- yBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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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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