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/ W! E1 j* C ]* {EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.! _% D9 ]) {+ ^5 E: A% o
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.1 ~) v* J$ R/ w5 K# O8 _% [7 }
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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.' S+ u6 v1 d5 [7 b5 A H# t- L
" K7 l' `% l) g2 f+ R5 ]2 WWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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8 } ~9 r% H7 h; L/ q, PBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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3 h7 z( H# l) e% f+ s* b3 _8 t/ ?, U' bBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.' s9 m q5 m6 r6 k. l3 T
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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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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,% Q. J* g8 N% L) O/ j3 ?
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold., e' y4 M( [* `: `3 l. s- E
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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.
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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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