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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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2 P5 O: @8 @$ BThat'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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) _+ L4 f3 [, O8 ~" FSales 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., i' r# Q1 w& M9 D0 ^5 }" V. j o
& |/ a7 D7 Z3 |6 I0 yBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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$ b" V) |; E. I' x) YBut 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 $266,100.; L$ u! I6 v1 Z. c* U
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.# T4 f% m- }$ Q. \
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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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* l! a' m) S( C/ _9 TBoth 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! g) E1 J3 c"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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