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5月份 爱城房地产报告8 C/ h, a% [* g7 s6 S1 n
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.& W& F0 L! ^; E$ H/ V5 b1 T
+ v; {! T; [9 o! {9 B# l0 YThat'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.
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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% c! S4 F, G; M* W' K$ s: \Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday./ U- n5 ~& u" K- w
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.9 C: u; M! c+ D9 p
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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 $266,100.2 d8 s) \- t l$ P. o" {
) q8 Z+ O1 W) ?8 p: W7 Y$ OComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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6 F9 T) N6 C/ j4 t; ^ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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% Z3 m: L& g, j, w8 E7 @$ IBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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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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: x# D6 y3 Y6 M2 i( P5 m- D"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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