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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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2 J4 S; T9 K, A' M( f2 |EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.+ y; m5 |9 \7 @$ |: s
3 U6 i5 o% _, O, MThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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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 e$ t8 [. P% S2 y1 ?With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.9 v5 o' J* M+ t9 D8 I, u- X1 y
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.; c$ ]# D5 m3 m' v, W
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.; ], D' T* J; G, \5 W: ^" r
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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.+ [2 ?( }/ N. R% S. r
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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- j9 i/ e, F# i+ M2 `* `% D* I+ ? s% |ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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" B; \6 B C0 M% A+ ^Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.% Q* w( K, g* d
4 U) ^3 F! ^8 J) v$ lBut 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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8 b+ L Z5 r' p1 f+ ?4 a"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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