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5月份 爱城房地产报告! [* [. Y7 @% |3 u
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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 2007.1 \: N M% _9 U
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.' i& V! d2 N" q! U# j
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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.5 z |7 U. T9 u( Q6 M
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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* K, Z3 W8 K( V( g* F; lBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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+ [ `4 y! ~' \. kBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.' [" m7 y* _/ `' e6 P0 S- m
@. V4 [+ L4 p! p4 b7 _- RThey 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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ComFree, 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 $207.5 million,
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4 v) P# g) w$ O- T$ i2 \Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.* `/ S: F- q+ n$ i$ B% l- U
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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.1 M9 d1 Y4 m; W# ^) G) r5 {- p( \
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"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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