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发表于 2008-4-4 07:30 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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Average price slips as fewer people moving to Alberta, realtors association says
9 r; m+ g' [) T9 V- A8 S$ VBill Mah, The Edmonton Journal1 H' ^; a& o6 v( d/ E) m
Published: 1:31 am
& K: r. `* G9 M2 G! }EDMONTON - The buyer still reigns in Edmonton's housing market, where the number of homes for sale has skyrocketed by 268 per cent from a year ago.4 ]) B+ n. _( a  H. b4 O, o

0 ~1 O3 r& X$ P  f7 c7 G% u% TFigures released Thursday by the Realtors Association of Edmonton show there were 9,464 residential properties available in the city area -- up by a whopping 1,220 homes from February.
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That's the third-largest inventory in Edmonton history. Only last September and October were there more homes for sale at month's end, 9,918 and 9,577 respectively.- J) {# \/ q9 y& K0 s) J* E

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Association president Marc Perras said the inventory, about six month's worth, stems largely from fewer people moving to Alberta.
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3 u$ h4 x: |$ ZNet migration to Alberta last year was 27,048. That's down significantly from 74,523 who moved here in 2006, according to Statistics Canada data.
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8 b+ [% Y# ?& t# G4 z"We had an industry that ramped up, expecting that those numbers would keep up and now, as a result of that drop-off, we've seen inventory numbers come up fairly significantly," Perras said.6 W" M8 D2 i- O: z, P
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He predicted home prices will increase by the year's end as inventory drops and called the current situation a "stable, normal" market.
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"Our sales volumes are similar to what we saw in 2004 and 2005 and our prices are essentially flat.: }7 q. c5 i) S4 K/ P" Q+ ]
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"We saw quite a roller-coaster ride last year when prices jumped up significantly in the first six months and fell off significantly in the last six months."6 v# G0 T9 |  @$ k. ?
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A single-family home sold in March for an average price of $387,632, down 2.7 per cent from March last year.
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5 {! o  D. \* @! ~But the average residential price -- including single-family homes, condos, duplexes, mobile homes and others -- was $343,760, 5.66 per cent higher than March 2007., q% S. x. V0 W

; c# [5 S1 ?: [There were 1,557 residential properties sold in March with new listings of 4,236 for a sales-to-listing ratio of 37 per cent. Homes spent 51 days on the market, down one day from last month.( a. I' w+ n; T( S6 y  h

8 t4 ~3 S$ L2 ], v% h5 nTotal MLS sales in March dropped 31 per cent from a record-setting pace in March 2007.
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Meanwhile, a house price survey released Thursday by Royal LePage Real Estate Services says Edmonton-area houses became more affordable in the first three months of 2008.
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( P' f0 H1 {! i! M  H, G( I, ZThe study looked at certain local markets examined and found the average price of a "standard two-storey home" fell 3.7 per cent to $363,707.
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The price of detached bungalows fell 4.9 per cent to $330,000 from the same time last year. Standard condo prices also fell 7.7 per cent year-over-year to $235,000, said the LePage study.
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: S/ s; F% b$ a+ K; w3 s' nKen Shearer, a Royal LePage broker and owner, said debate over energy royalties kept house prices lower.
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6 M3 P) P7 _4 H3 e"As a result of this debate, the market has receded from the wild pace it experienced last year as buyers are simply no longer interested in paying skyrocketing house prices," he said.
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* ~! u: h0 b* @  Y6 U$ x/ KAccording to the report, prices varied by specific market in the Edmonton region. Here are some highlights:
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Sherwood Park: Average prices for two-storey homes dropped by 7.1 per cent to $390,000, while detached bungalows and condos were unchanged from last year.2 |. r) ~8 t2 J9 |
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Spruce Grove: A two-storey home rose 6.9 per cent to $405,000 year-over-year.
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+ M. K- ~0 k2 Y8 {2 j- FRiverbend/Terwilligar: A two-storey property rose by 12.7 per cent to $410,950 over the same time last year. The average price of a detached bungalow rose by 2.6 per cent to $390,000, while condo prices dropped by 10.6 per cent to $235,000.
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$ ]1 b" c0 w# B8 P, wLeduc: Average condo prices rose by 9.1 per cent to $240,000 year-over-year. Two-storey house prices dropped by 7.5 per cent ($310,000.)6 Y0 k; _6 p% a+ n* |$ ~* x

2 b  U1 Z2 n) k" T9 T& i5 m: RSt. Albert: The average price of a two-storey home fell by 12.8 per cent to $340,000 while detached bungalows dropped by 12.3 per cent and condos by 13.3 per cent.
( _$ o2 |; r3 U' k9 M* }) DCastle Downs: Average detached bungalows fell by 18.6 per cent to $285,000. Average two-storey homes went down 11.4 per cent to $350,000.
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Clareview: Detached bungalows decreased by 8.8 per cent to $310,000, year-over-year. Condo prices fell by 16 per cent to $210,000 from the same time last year.
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发表于 2008-4-4 10:35 | 显示全部楼层

马上就要破纪录了!

最近几天,几乎每天都有近300套房子上市。很快就要破纪录了。
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发表于 2008-4-4 17:22 | 显示全部楼层
Sping is coming, it will make a new record in the next one or two months.
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发表于 2008-4-4 19:14 | 显示全部楼层
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原帖由 依勒特 于 2008-4-4 11:35 发表 2 w6 f6 [9 I4 _5 ~! n
最近几天,几乎每天都有近300套房子上市。很快就要破纪录了。

# V0 S- \" c9 j你如何得知每天有300套上市?
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