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5月份 爱城房地产报告. Q; N& g8 h# ^' ~
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.% H2 H, ?: I/ w; b G$ T1 m. ]
4 Q; L9 f5 o/ j; g5 Y3 q' OThat'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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! ~& p' w- K0 k; X6 _6 zSales 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.5 u$ Q9 S- G2 U& c7 g5 {5 h
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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& U! W: ?: i& [5 W! ^* U: {8 rBuyers 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 $400 per day.' E) m& c7 R, y- G$ M- t
2 B& R R" u" z: m4 j5 m) EThey 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 $266,100.1 H! o+ H' ]& t4 b0 V; g4 j
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May., j% m; f9 b9 n2 [) t, X' ~
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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F; g+ j" s e; J8 ?But fears of higher interest rates have hurt confidence among Alberta business leaders and consumers -- especially about home buying -- in a new survey for PricewaterhouseCoopers, released Monday.' ]7 ?) o! x; B% e! @
' F$ \# J2 e- x"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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