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5月份 爱城房地产报告; w: g! I3 O* y* R, C# J2 S( y5 _
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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0 o. f/ n) {% {& P7 g' ?That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.) h: y" {7 z0 t& f* V2 _2 L
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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! c% _4 ^1 S) ^- m, P t# Y! UBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.$ D4 e5 g6 c; d: h' n, k8 R5 K1 R. |
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day., _" r0 n7 M8 b8 f4 E
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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 $266,100.7 d) n5 D3 b T, T& ]1 L* {: K
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.6 _8 Q. V# A' X
. c+ l3 t4 K9 J7 q; L$ QComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,% s" g9 ~2 ^4 A$ J# A
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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& \" B/ q7 y, O, P' |. L. B$ ^ `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.+ S; q0 r% S$ D$ T1 x/ ~
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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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