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5月份 爱城房地产报告& N, U6 Y7 M' G2 R2 K$ @5 f4 G* w* |
, o: W+ l+ a' REDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.$ I% }# o$ k( F, o; X. ?/ f
8 e0 p% a) q! F5 YThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006." B ^! f' n% C: d% t
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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.8 x# h, f$ J" R$ ] t1 e/ G
% S8 J+ i9 E% g& h `With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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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 $400 per day.5 _$ k4 n0 r' m3 |
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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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5 ]. {% j1 {3 t( aComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May." N3 Y% q6 o, @ p3 {; X0 }
+ d& z5 F, e0 ]2 X) LComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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' W! q" O/ O( R$ c2 ~. t+ c! WBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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8 i" x) c h9 D# _( e; x2 cBut 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.
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& t& W# x$ n" A# Y) t# N, Z& n"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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