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5月份 爱城房地产报告' J* m; e% s$ j
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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% P4 d1 D( x5 n( C' n) c3 tSales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.0 F9 y8 ^; v, ]$ t9 j
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.7 _- ?6 o; {2 X2 @- ~0 j
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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.) [9 J3 G: a, B" I" {, C+ v% f
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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 $266,100.
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2 V/ ?3 |( @ ~0 i& w+ CComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.. o$ F* ?. }, A7 N2 x( y9 l' y
' B6 V4 w/ F5 v. ZComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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$ v* L2 v" n% F. q9 k3 PBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold./ T( h' F% G' |7 F8 @/ s5 W- p) t, R
4 ?8 m y: R2 EBut 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." q3 y7 U: x8 O! T, |1 i* m2 e$ m5 B
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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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