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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.7 O3 q, W) [: A$ M
8 z; a5 r T, n1 N$ ~# z, ZThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.7 i Y* |0 r. w9 r4 z" U5 h/ a8 g* I
; ]& i6 ]. A, k" e- f* o3 NSales 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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/ Z( \7 ?# c4 w) r y& MWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.+ L4 o" |& E" L6 B
7 w& N; c1 b' d, WBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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3 S5 L, X5 j1 _2 LThey 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.
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# c3 b E/ |9 o- E0 U7 u+ RComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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5 Y& k8 Z0 Y: AComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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/ `4 i7 h9 G" q2 qBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.8 B2 A4 G g8 p9 J
f& X" Q1 O" u' `# O4 i; h+ xBut fears of higher interest rates have hurt confidence among Alberta business leaders and consumers -- especially about home buying -- in a new survey for PricewaterhouseCoopers, released Monday.
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n5 c& a* @8 t3 P$ [2 F0 D"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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