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MLS inventory hits 11,000
1 ~3 o8 t$ ^4 s3 L# o& [4 h7 wRecord number of homes for sale 21/2 times greater than last June's lineup- s! `: U# ?! j. }- Z! M g
$ Q* y+ k3 `; p% W& g1 N3 u. M/ UBill Mah, The Edmonton Journal
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EDMONTON - A record glut of Edmonton-area homes for sale shows no signs of shrinking soon.
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: w7 E0 j4 | `/ Z' R. oAt the end of May, 11,006 residential properties sat unsold on the Edmonton Multiple Listing Service, according to monthly statistics released Tuesday by the Realtors Association of Edmonton.3 g) N& ]" I6 |3 B
% e) @1 a/ n+ y7 ?4 U0 S# l5 R& rThat's up 400 homes from a month ago, and 21/2 times the inventory of the same time last year. At the current pace of home sales, that amounts to a six-month supply, twice the normal inventory.# X% j+ X# `. A2 F) n( G
9 y H2 C+ k! r1 o% h/ u6 kGood news, if you're a buyer. For sellers, it means waiting an average of 53 days for a sale -- up one day from April.- R( L8 F+ ]$ ?! e
4 Z% _8 y& A6 ?+ c5 z"It's a great time right now to be purchasing, because the selection has never been better and the interest rates are low," association president Marc Perras said.* B( C F }5 c/ }
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Perras predicted the surplus will shrink to about 8,000 by the fall as homes sell or multiple homeowners rent out extra homes instead of trying to sell them.) |# i) p8 k* i/ \2 {8 ^
, C8 ?- G' l# s8 w4 {In May, 4,294 homes were added to the listings inventory and 1,821 homes sold. May sales were higher than same-month sales in 2003 and 2004, but fell short of May sales for 2005 to 2007, during a real estate boom.
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& g; E7 V4 {' G8 u" [Despite plummeting demand, prices have remained relatively stable., B" q% |" V& W0 }5 |' J
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Perras forecasts home prices will rise by an average of four per cent by year's end.
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) n% f+ {6 I& E) w+ i. SIn May, the average (mean) price for all types of homes rose one per cent from April to $340,499. That price is down about four per cent from a year ago.
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! C& v% }$ ]+ G+ {The May average selling price for a single-family dwelling was $383,167 -- down about 10 per cent from May last year.
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The median -- middle figure in a list of all sale prices -- selling price for a single-family home in May was $365,000, down 8.75 per cent year-over-year.
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( b9 O) @ C& `* U W0 G6 ~The average selling price for condos was $260,837 in May, down nearly two per cent from the same month last year.9 X$ \& ], Q/ e6 j1 K
% ?$ C' @* J5 o A/ Y& P3 gPaul Messinger, a University of Alberta marketing professor, said the Edmonton real estate market appears to be following an economic model that says in times of high demand, prices get bid up rapidly.
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Prices are slower to drop when demand falls.
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" G" D1 a- } p* M" g3 |5 N"Now, when we are back closer to historical patterns, we see an adjustment where the slack is taken up not by price but by the inventory," Messinger said.
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: ]& X3 ?0 {& R4 H* J2 r* W"For years, Edmonton was one of the best real estate values in the country. Now we are much more in line with the rest of Canada in terms of price."
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