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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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/ Q) D0 r: ?0 e/ l+ o7 \- SThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.3 \ i- T% z( W# A. g
! T8 B/ z" ^* aSales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April." w4 C% T% y7 ~; s- s- U
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.; Q0 {" h1 R2 g( K% p
y$ w/ \6 O1 OBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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% F) w: V B7 b$ VBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.& g) Y! ]3 a+ K4 y) _9 p) s
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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.
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ComFree, 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,+ C/ u# E- f7 j# E" o* O
1 S0 }7 h& m9 j" ZBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.# R& a+ j \0 l8 E
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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.& d" ~1 O0 v# m. |. i8 L
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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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