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5月份 爱城房地产报告+ r: g; u9 v5 I( _" h8 Z- p
$ \& K% H- W/ j8 C( Q& @EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.1 k- m( @& {# g
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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 2006.9 T! z8 T( f- x( w+ s, F. o
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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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) Z) c) A0 E w5 }With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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. |* O* R4 n( a2 [2 u5 J7 KBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.' G0 ?. r8 U' q0 w7 c
& B* u! l% R0 M! ^& F# e# g( r+ YBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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# A9 A1 I: U% yThey 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 $266,100.5 K( A) D0 s' C
* m8 n# w8 D7 Y Q# z- j2 C* LComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.2 Y! G8 P# }7 I, t5 q& p, r2 o4 i- m
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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, Y% j; r7 X7 H& ]: w" a1 v3 CBut fears of higher interest rates have hurt confidence among Alberta business leaders and consumers -- especially about home buying -- in a new survey for PricewaterhouseCoopers, released Monday.
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, e$ K! h8 `5 H- T0 d/ k3 K"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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