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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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2 f" P8 J" W7 S: u8 MEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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, K; l Z# m, B& }- L+ T7 `# }That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.. ?& e4 s6 o+ o4 C' _
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.4 s V4 z8 k @9 r
4 v$ c! h+ S, }* P8 v* M$ X* VWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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/ q( d. y" L& D% R$ C6 \; j0 UBuyers 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.8 @7 N/ I; o" o0 R
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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 $266,100.0 ^8 o* p$ M G4 {
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.6 A3 ^: g8 Q, R$ m3 z7 e
0 ^. m! T* I+ ~8 bComFree 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.
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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.
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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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