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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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2 N/ f- h c2 `( o9 f# T; K- rEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.9 M6 ^% a: d% n
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.% p( o+ n. s+ |. A0 P3 b7 T# [& W
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.* Q" a% \0 u1 v3 e2 l4 Q
+ Q8 j4 J9 Y5 XWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.7 j. Z4 O" O- { i$ \% l
. G) g! c9 _) w) yBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.6 ^3 r; T9 M) o' Q+ p; ~5 l
0 q7 N. Z" g" p5 T" xBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.0 e/ a) i1 }0 m% R! H/ d7 U0 h- V; O
. L4 u+ U7 U. x1 E2 N+ h7 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.
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.: }' H6 K: u, B: g' U4 n6 S
7 k6 i; y) j( cComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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; } ^. w ?& D+ u UBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.: q z- a3 J: Y
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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.
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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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