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5月份 爱城房地产报告0 \; k/ z7 t: ]% b
" L) e# ^& q% ]! P) O N6 vEDMONTON - 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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# o5 c6 A% i6 ySales 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.4 }, I! }# F: j
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With 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.
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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.. p5 M8 [ C6 p; l* o
7 w' b9 t" S8 t3 `. WComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,4 W8 Z7 Z6 }) B# a6 f# J
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.) e6 A6 {! I2 ~5 A3 S
: t# i! e8 Y. W1 K2 pBut 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.* I8 l1 b; N1 `" p7 c
* ~5 A/ L' m3 d8 e"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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