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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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: f% Q$ J1 U6 |& W' d* \ [EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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! e+ L# M4 f5 }That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.% l$ n! x. f. h* |; s8 b
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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+ N' a7 T3 d8 ^5 I* }Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday./ q' V+ Q) H' c- R; N
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.- u" {9 r% \! e$ y9 b
3 D. d F4 h% Q+ p0 B3 S$ CThey 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 $266,100.0 P' K- ]+ k. @& g
1 U5 P8 w7 L6 G/ qComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May./ y( I3 T# d" J& h
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.1 m% A$ y l6 j
8 j& K: e% s5 |- U+ KBut 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.8 e( F0 Y' J% d, B
! E- t. E9 C% t% s" g) v+ S"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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