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5月份 爱城房地产报告; [# i+ ?/ r! Y
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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0 J0 e. x* d$ G& I8 pSales 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.. a' ?' G8 \" }% \
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.3 `. B0 ]0 O# K/ H4 \8 M r( _% ]- [6 J
/ ?" T( p; R, ]4 DBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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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.+ i) s p5 N5 M9 b
- M4 d5 x, e+ \$ LComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.8 e% _/ H* a' M. U
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,- u+ o$ l, B7 o3 s8 n3 |) g5 u$ r
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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& H0 t3 V9 H* c0 R) e' GBut 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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"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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