The city's real estate market got off to a significantly stronger start than last year, first quarter numbers from the B.C. Northern Real Estate Board are showing.
Over the first three months of 2012, 172 single-family homes changed hands for an average $241,704 each, adding up to a sales-volume of $41.6 million.
By the same point last year, 149 homes had sold for an average $242,936 for a sales-volume of $36.2 million.
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