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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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8 S! Z7 M; [7 T9 f" m6 o( c0 kEDMONTON - 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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S2 q1 ]- H1 b( `% d v* `+ rThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006." m d6 X6 Q6 {1 B! K
" [+ @) X N+ O) V: OSales 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.( n/ k; e* h9 r* u" U
1 q `' A* B0 p1 c& o) A" M% qWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.6 F- w& ~% Z4 l: v% V
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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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 $266,100.) |+ P' {8 a* D/ T d& W0 }
" p6 {8 D% e. AComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.6 Y. t! n$ p1 S2 e1 E( v
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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./ a6 J! f( o' T" Y4 j0 Y4 @" \
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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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; d+ C' D6 [4 F4 d% K& L"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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