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5月份 爱城房地产报告( s- B; x! U: e: t# m
' }$ A+ A: @+ n$ m2 iEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.# t2 R5 c, N$ ]* g$ F
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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.% ?3 A2 y7 x: f7 R- O
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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7 f* U9 W: Y6 f0 |9 ?& \Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.8 v ]) u' `" {
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.7 Y! [. _& v8 q" L3 F& F5 F
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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 $266,100.) _# Z1 n, M4 L) \& z
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.7 u' v+ X# M0 T& C: M; r5 Y. L
* J& i. \9 g$ ?3 AComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,: z" Z' e! H* g$ Q
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.- U' v* F! G5 @5 E/ Z7 J w/ g9 E* g
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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.0 a$ ]' `+ n9 I- d( q
0 Q8 s$ k4 |' G5 }* o+ J. ^"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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