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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 2007.0 \) [) _' |# K* U
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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.
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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.4 f* j/ O4 H5 n1 f+ c% I9 V! s" x
& {5 T d8 ~/ k& J+ @ Z4 c% _" RWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.. q' h# V, }& T; k5 j1 ^: @% J% M
2 i) J% k/ s9 h) R: U+ c1 _Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.9 {5 r$ b8 B6 w' j& q; S0 Y
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.4 }6 |) |" O& _: a7 s9 D" t1 |
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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.0 }( S- j, t: ?; s& K' F) E
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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8 C) U/ ^7 i- V6 h# C0 O3 k+ {Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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0 D8 R7 C5 G3 V& V6 m" ^0 X: l7 pBut fears of higher interest rates have hurt confidence among Alberta business leaders and consumers -- especially about home buying -- in a new survey for PricewaterhouseCoopers, released Monday.3 \! z q- K; D5 y$ c
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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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