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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 $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.$ l: P6 Z' `1 K6 \
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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.6 ^& V" ]0 [! x7 A
. e8 Q: m9 s; J, ?" t, w: _9 nWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.; \2 D O; _( _- N
4 u1 }. p5 v* W7 F7 ^Buyers 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.5 e T* B& B6 u: D' |( }
* o8 w1 X/ J C" `7 o6 X. z0 ~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.' `- [& p/ l; R ~" {
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.6 X# d1 X* E; }& @; G+ v
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,9 x: V) k4 T2 {+ k, y2 e
0 p, ~; {! ]8 ?6 F" g) R1 f$ i( yBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.4 `- L0 L( U9 h6 H: v9 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.) Y. e8 g+ _2 N7 ]/ {
% {: k9 K( z1 y: G' y/ b"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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