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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.6 I$ x4 ]9 ?+ q6 B
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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.( r) Q& U5 k8 s% E6 q: J# I1 I% \
, P8 Z, T. }+ k9 kWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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; C* W7 o/ H1 OBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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9 `. h- F* O8 U7 P1 R- H/ v; qBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.: M( R ^4 i0 u
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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 $266,100.* \. x# x; M1 @' X8 E
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.+ f# l& E$ m7 S
9 j# M) p( D8 A/ U. m+ rComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,3 ~9 ]/ l+ q1 H7 U8 ]' Y' Y
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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# N/ A7 S4 [6 g5 ]& 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.
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6 m# L# U( Y+ T"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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