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5月份 爱城房地产报告. r" V7 ?% B1 L( q+ U4 q
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.. J8 Y. l9 V J. a) M" U, T, ]
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.. Z+ j7 f' ^6 m0 U0 J
% X& m7 S( Z3 `" y! r) [Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.! O7 [& L) I% r# W; X; J
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.$ G' E' b3 n6 _) p8 I: K
+ p: Y7 T! M2 c$ }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.+ a7 ?6 Q( ?8 l/ V0 q
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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.' x/ l ?3 S# Q6 _+ Q) E8 e
1 p2 V' L) O) f U- a, LComFree, 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 $207.5 million,
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold., V# M! ^6 j" ]
% w% e5 Y. n; K: f% ~But fears of higher interest rates have hurt confidence among Alberta business leaders and consumers -- especially about home buying -- in a new survey for PricewaterhouseCoopers, released Monday.4 s$ i9 E' y; H& `5 N/ J
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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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