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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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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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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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' i6 [ ?. q. {With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.! j! \5 A; H/ d: i( G
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.7 ?! e* X- [0 F( t
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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& \6 E& T/ }, ~, d9 _! |2 Z, dThey 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 $266,100.! v& Y; N. J* ]3 L8 ?1 n- b
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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( h, P) }" `. {! A+ @( j9 k$ DComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.9 `. P; Z9 h3 G: W. A' u
b6 {$ \# g1 bBut 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.+ v& {7 M3 z: B# \
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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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