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* U% l5 U6 k8 ] g }- B7 JEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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# v z" c% b- FThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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& ^# |( A+ A. W/ NSales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.- p% `2 o8 ~6 T% K3 |
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.0 V7 s) U0 \1 Q5 e' S
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.6 h+ S6 O* n9 M& b$ u
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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2 j$ G+ g3 i& O* a, Y! c/ ]2 CThey 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.# p% M6 M: C6 {! ^* b' H3 O8 g
, C3 f" Q" ^5 y ?ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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) |1 X+ J/ T' A! b* H" l& {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.8 \- N9 e- q3 p9 A
( F3 r# P- l; e. ~2 CBut 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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