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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 2007.9 r5 n/ c6 X1 C0 h8 |/ I
1 |8 K# `- O( [That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006., X: W8 I- x* _
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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.
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! `: T* i& R, [+ v- j- r. z5 XWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April./ B& t- Z# C Z/ C0 i2 z( l E% h
; l/ C) J5 M* u) K* t& KBuyers 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.) {; u( A7 u0 H1 B5 g* i( o1 U
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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 $266,100.
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$ l1 Q6 e$ N* l% F* n1 cComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.9 w: N- A1 i2 M- v+ R& w9 C
% g- t/ y9 [- ^7 y6 _: w' U& FComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,5 K ~. q; E" ^
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.8 M$ O; q8 v, p- _
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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.; i1 J* ~! p& a V
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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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