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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.& T% i# }' H- ^( A
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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.
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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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" `: b- Z3 e1 N3 JWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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! A/ p7 p' Y2 X3 [ z0 L0 u* SBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday., \0 z1 D# L! f) c2 N# p: n5 Z
' i! {( @, q2 M) n. l: {( tBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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. u& r7 u/ D' Q- DThey 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 $266,100.4 K# k" ~1 G5 M, C
8 P1 k5 Q" `9 h0 hComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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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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, m- n* {' j) X3 n9 {Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold., X/ }; m% x0 A0 M
* T8 B0 Q! [8 s4 o, U0 E/ ?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.) b1 v& J7 n! C- l/ ^7 I6 z) G
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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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