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7 L! r- l8 z% O. o pEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.5 H( ]+ b0 z ^: T0 k
9 w2 N2 N$ m% O) G0 u8 wThat'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.
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With 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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, {/ D% J: a7 I5 ^But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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7 C% P7 S$ a) @" f; ]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 $266,100.0 y3 C) u5 R9 {1 | v; J$ G
; o# G, k7 E2 @, k1 _; SComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.: d- ~# V# t# s V) P/ e# Z9 @* e
; g* _4 h9 B) E. jComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,& x/ h- r* S! I: M2 v
1 @+ r6 w( z2 RBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.7 H3 e: E; e) Z
; H7 ^' P D/ E# B* ^& w, u1 \9 EBut 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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