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# @! b5 i& U$ j/ z4 C- B. _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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& f1 { g7 E, T1 V7 t9 f' O6 W( V0 L( GThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.7 U: _8 e, x; v% x: Z' K( K" @
+ Z* Y% o: R. g3 @. O/ {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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: N1 j B9 ]6 x: o9 J" A; ~- vWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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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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& z& X* ~1 `% \! h0 kBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.1 n- e9 F3 r2 y) P, O
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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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7 ?0 i* u* B M6 v8 C. e3 j ?, NComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.& b/ O' k3 `! t/ ]3 b
4 k% }3 x4 s2 A1 V {ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.) K, a! A5 Y. _9 T+ \
' X6 M; d5 c. B$ h0 {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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