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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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3 h& n6 N1 c$ z+ dEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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# Q: `; j0 G9 fSales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.0 c7 b; }$ L) Y- V/ S6 t8 z6 B- o1 e! {6 A
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April., ]' _ h5 H4 V0 P6 K0 _6 B7 \3 V3 w
) N3 d i- o/ N" ?3 r/ M- [ Y" [Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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# ?! M' @% A; q- tThey 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 $266,100.
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4 F& \/ m0 {& @6 N$ t L8 B0 kComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.. l/ B0 s" a$ s: z% l* h" I% z
) o* x J. J7 o& E" o$ KComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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' R8 Z+ K4 X9 q& x4 QBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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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.
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; `% R& j B, R3 Q9 n. a. b% S6 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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