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5月份 爱城房地产报告. N$ k! x, y& w9 I
5 ^/ m0 r- K# F# k& bEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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& v2 g2 J& e$ q, f6 qSales 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. i* [3 o' X8 K/ }7 ?7 C
: v( Q4 p3 q1 U' k6 N8 yWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.0 e+ G) Z3 z7 r( r' U* 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.
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1 {( `. B2 Q! b3 t2 g8 pThey 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 $266,100.
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.4 U8 v$ M! U% y$ w" e
" ~- S* h& t1 b2 dComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,- B: W9 u' n" f2 q6 Q/ J4 _0 ~
& I/ }" y* y6 u% _Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.( v1 t" A# f0 |# m( f1 G- W
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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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