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5月份 爱城房地产报告5 ^: _0 J K% i$ K+ [( C; R
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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+ ]8 W. ]. ?) m) Q) p$ Y WThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.( t: ^1 N' F# _
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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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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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) s+ V p v+ ~' v; kThey 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 $266,100.9 D7 Y0 J- P5 r* E) `
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1 h& |; u9 K% c2 l0 b2 R9 UComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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, H( I! V% d+ `Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.+ X( p4 v, T: w$ Q1 \" V
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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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