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5月份 爱城房地产报告5 T6 d( y7 h1 Q, B* m; E8 t' _3 M5 w
7 @% t' D n# _4 yEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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' r- A8 h" j+ g! }& b2 S: h: b4 \That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006./ ~+ s; s0 V# t8 N. n5 x( x
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Sales 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.+ [4 @2 Y2 T- l t
8 `" k0 A; z' h1 l4 wWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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0 r) H, N. l" i+ CBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.3 d. K# t7 V) J3 X7 U
8 c* j. Z' b ?& `4 Y; {: J* ^5 ]6 KBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.# S. j1 ]4 T: g/ L8 [
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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 $266,100.7 i( i3 H; t) j& T
) f+ n, h$ C. V4 V" NComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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, B4 c: n/ Y. p- i- F! ZBut fears of higher interest rates have hurt confidence among Alberta business leaders and consumers -- especially about home buying -- in a new survey for PricewaterhouseCoopers, released Monday.2 H8 J9 L* r" k/ G! L
4 v3 N/ {3 Z. G1 s0 B" p" N3 n) a) Y$ E"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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