Momentum building on Edmonton homes front

EDMONTON-Edmonton’s MLS home sales and prices in October were up from the same month last year, according to the Realtors Association of Edmonton.

The all-residential average selling price in Edmonton’s Multiple Listing Service was $324,924 in October, up 2.1 per cent year-over-year, the group said. Single-family detached homes were priced on average at $372,061, a 2.9-per-cent increase from October 2011.

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Status quo to prevail in disclosure of realty pricing in Edmonton

EDMONTON – Realtors and their clients will still be able to access current local real estate sales data after a contentious pricing disclosure policy was voted down.

The board of the Realtors Association of Edmonton on Wednesday rescinded a new reporting policy, set to launch Dec. 1, that would have blocked public access to sales information for Multiple Listing Service properties until the deals closed, sometimes months after a purchase agreement is reached. No reason for the change was announced.

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Calgary year-over-year housing sales growth best in Canada

CALGARY— While most of Canada’s major centres recorded year-over-year MLS sales declines in September, Calgary went against the tide with the highest annual growth rate in the country.

According to the Canadian Real Estate Association, MLS sales in Calgary rose by 14.8 per cent from September 2011 to 2,054 transactions.

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Home sales soar in Cochrane, Airdrie and Okotoks: CREB

CALGARY— A “diminished” supply of single-family homes in Calgary has pushed MLS sales upwards in towns surrounding the city, says the Calgary Real Estate Board.

On Wednesday, the board said sales activity in towns hit double-digit growth in the third quarter, continuing the brisk pace set in the first half of the year.

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