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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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4 l5 u- B e1 |' z# bEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.3 K o7 S2 k q* b
$ `& V" J4 F5 x' Z1 U% KThat'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., y/ A6 B0 B9 w
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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6 T, G& z+ ^) CBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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- Q; c& k: ?/ u$ g% [2 UBut 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 $266,100.
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" m+ P9 A- s7 S; w3 \9 m/ v8 o) uComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.# ^4 F0 q+ J$ ?3 g9 t- y$ Z
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.# {5 ^8 u0 G: l. {" c( @8 E( j6 R+ q9 _
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But fears of higher interest rates have hurt confidence among Alberta business leaders and consumers -- especially about home buying -- in a new survey for PricewaterhouseCoopers, released Monday.$ k$ Y7 z, P6 `& x
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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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