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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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+ W# q& b; D8 M Z: pEDMONTON - 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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: ~2 d+ z* R3 e5 J! \, iSales 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.; L( w- s# @ J6 J9 \: E2 v( R0 R
$ I2 X3 N# C. ?8 N3 u/ A4 QWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.( Y0 P- q, O* L* O
* |8 x/ t$ v1 N7 B6 sBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.1 b! Z& N* T9 s
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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, g; o# u+ C- u y, d" cThey 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 $266,100.0 y/ l: Z/ I. S$ }& K; J
f$ r7 q. j3 @+ F# ^) s+ A' |ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,. A9 U; t% d+ @5 C: M7 t
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold., y$ k* K* D b0 h$ _
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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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