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5月份 爱城房地产报告 C- O) H0 h1 [( ?( b2 G* \3 K8 S, h
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006." ? q5 a' W2 i E
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.' ?# _6 p' b$ {! }# [+ p& y( F
# \: S, r! @. y9 [7 V+ i G" ]With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.+ Y# J, t1 [" B9 }+ I
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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3 A3 R' X. Z; e4 t n( u4 o: OThey 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 $266,100.4 v% y: V( _7 k2 q) C
( W' K& C/ `& A) t9 g; p, h% W/ JComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.: J+ y: y- ~5 n. f {
! ~ ?8 g# \4 W# v. pComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,) N2 _" _0 {4 p- |
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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0 |$ i$ b: T2 x _0 c) oBut 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 P$ Z4 N* j, O"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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