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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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; ?$ ~5 y+ V9 g" S6 rThat'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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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.
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April." `4 x: t. F- V2 _1 {; s
/ ^- M9 p5 l' h5 v& _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 $400 per day.* Z/ G* s0 S$ G y
% s1 H' K0 x" X( GThey 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.
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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8 l0 F& D( m+ r" S- w. z% hComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,1 d Y; I3 n( u0 n, o
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.; ]' ]* x. `* c5 Z; x
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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.) Y) A9 ^3 z) ?
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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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