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/ D/ ~; i! z# LEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.- y3 ?- J7 d B) C5 ^& E1 D
# R9 c3 N0 j y% _5 M7 s5 X" [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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1 \' ?" s; k- R) Q4 {/ i! tSales 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.& [" D4 n0 O6 z- n* ] O& X
- f. {2 v/ j5 Z! sWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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( D2 V6 U" y, `Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.. v* m. H3 N0 i5 n) c& _
+ m: y, F/ \/ S1 vBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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. u$ k: D& \( ]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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0 r. N& X" I- T6 K" @' o; ~* r& DComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.) C, c9 U1 @. F& G, ? U/ y
, v# n: o0 S0 d, w& w" {' oComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,' N/ z, e& ~9 X
: z" B. A4 ?7 a& zBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.9 [: D- v8 x0 Z" r; F3 x- A! Z& q
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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.8 g" g. Y6 z2 I" C4 R9 r# W- }
! w6 Q6 \9 a, d"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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