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5月份 爱城房地产报告& {8 U" ]' {1 u; ~6 X6 N
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.* Q- D3 w$ k+ E, m
# C6 E; j3 z ]. J1 @That'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.% M0 a! i- K% b8 F
5 ^8 W8 e) G: H4 a& VWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.3 I: s9 H' h: A+ O
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.2 S4 Q4 x. p2 k0 t( l1 t: J
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4 O- w; p. A3 \+ g* N2 ^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 @0 z2 h. c9 n' M' i6 ?
8 e' G/ P" n9 ~: ]8 Z0 uComFree, 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,' a4 b% U' W5 c7 r! M
n7 f% t2 x1 y+ v6 zBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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+ m9 a1 M" s8 r7 H6 q+ kBut 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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: \1 N; j# `% i- L }. h"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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