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5月份 爱城房地产报告; _* S6 U, A0 ^' z, _$ Z
1 Y* U1 i+ u. K4 R6 zEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.) a; M- [' U* @# K& o
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4 q% m. e% e: W: K( sSales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.4 W7 G( }) u# b, R% L+ }: B
H* {$ t5 i" p; }2 X H& g+ WWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April./ j# |+ v" Y+ P$ o9 y5 Q
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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 $400 per day.5 c* e m$ p! E" p
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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.
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.. m6 W9 Z: ? X( e) ^: H
- W3 F" j1 i, u6 j# SComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,9 T, U" j) q# D' G) X: c
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.& L# q* e% Q) X0 J$ G/ l" |
( R% H+ g. w+ JBut 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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