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5月份 爱城房地产报告( j- c& X% B4 R; D3 m* A- L
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.9 z1 o: p& m# Y' J9 [3 }% R) c
3 B& a4 R$ f: H0 m" a7 EWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.% {1 a+ i% a/ o9 O9 R- n% x- u
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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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3 d$ |/ U" q$ d3 ~7 \But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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3 u9 d L e6 |( t vThey 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.# y* K I' E6 V M* @
( F# G& `3 }! G9 C" }ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,; U( k4 E/ ?9 B- E
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.' W3 t( i! {8 h" w1 M
9 e/ g* L6 B$ s2 I3 cBut 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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* ?4 X( N" Y5 N/ p"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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