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5月份 爱城房地产报告. ?7 ?; E5 ]' y9 @8 }
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007., G( C% }( y5 G2 R9 G: ?, n- v8 E
) }/ V( l: K% t, [* DThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.3 U. s* x: z# q6 {1 j7 W
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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.
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9 i) |( M& R1 R" \6 uWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.: _0 M: w' V4 k
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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8 ^ `8 p# Y% h4 n. f' LBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.' d% B4 B* w5 D( w% `0 c4 }2 B
: k' v2 d; Z! r; P5 o: VThey 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." b! k. B" N" q
% w8 ~; g2 r) y/ p, {ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.4 U& _+ N G( H9 t: Y7 ?
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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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2 D( _ l! E. C) b- ABoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.; W/ |! u9 x! `4 o6 S. ~4 l0 @
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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.; {/ @( U& M; Y' k7 C
2 o" n; Q Z! i7 v5 |"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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