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5月份 爱城房地产报告+ _4 M5 i: E/ L2 ~
$ R& b, p1 ^9 D: L z3 e7 n/ EEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.& Q" Y* {( V- y- n/ G& n6 f
/ Y8 K( c7 I, P9 {Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.
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( U6 k" ?$ U1 t rWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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! s2 w3 b5 s6 E2 N3 _Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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9 g6 T& o9 \( R3 H- W$ lBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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; y* `# u% i$ i9 P6 v R, xThey 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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6 a5 @3 M3 n# B' ~& ~ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.. m, u5 n: B- U+ V* U2 t
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,/ s0 o; j& q8 O! x
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.. A( q4 g5 @+ \- B% ]
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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.* V9 b6 N3 d6 e K& J
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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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