Edmonton Residential Sales Activity 2012-2013

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Summary – Sales by Housing Type

Category

Q1-2013

Q1-2012

Year-over-year
percentage change

Single Family

2,392

2,439

-1.9

Condo Apartment

605

509

18.9

Condo Townhouse

393

383

2.6

Home sales activity in Edmonton recorded a year-over-year increase in the first quarter of 2013, rising to the best first quarter level in five years.

Residential sales numbered 4,021 units in the first quarter of 2013, up six per cent from the same period in 2012.

Sales decreased for single family units in the first quarter but rose for condo apartments and condo townhouse units.

The number of months of inventory was down for all major housing types in the first quarter of 2013. Median days on market were down for single family properties and condo townhouse units but increased for condo apartments compared to the first quarter of 2012.

The median sale price of single family homes rose six per cent from a year earlier to the third highest median price on record.

The median sale prices for condo apartment and condo townhouse units were up two per cent from the first quarter of 2012.

Home sales activity in Edmonton recorded a year-over-year increase in the first quarter of 2013, rising to the best first quarter level in five years.

Residential sales numbered 4,021 units in the first quarter of 2013, up six per cent from the same period in 2012.

Sales decreased for single family units in the first quarter but rose for condo apartments and condo townhouse units.

The number of months of inventory was down for all major housing types in the first quarter of 2013. Median days on market were down for single family properties and condo townhouse units but increased for condo apartments compared to the first quarter of 2012.

The median sale price of single family homes rose six per cent from a year earlier to the third highest median price on record.

The median sale prices for condo apartment and condo townhouse units were up two per cent from the first quarter of 2012.

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