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# ^6 t; s! r% W0 z' x8 D* IEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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6 }7 t! q- V3 qThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.( {- |0 n t L e9 s/ q
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.
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. E; p+ n# A7 G6 {0 BWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.. U; S! Z$ E4 z5 J2 Z) U# v
, z7 g' l& s3 \' H2 K8 g( n" S$ X/ zBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.6 T4 \+ m6 C1 z% Z
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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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' Z: w. c- o. y9 x# GComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,! d0 H! N- j# }9 A* C9 V' `
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.5 R% ~& V% k7 o& H: i. }2 C% z
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But fears of higher interest rates have hurt confidence among Alberta business leaders and consumers -- especially about home buying -- in a new survey for PricewaterhouseCoopers, released Monday.1 X1 ^* I3 b$ s; K; R, y
# c5 ^6 E+ e/ J( y+ m, H9 H2 f"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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