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5月份 爱城房地产报告5 x8 M% C8 P; f H
# ^5 Z- O1 C0 u6 B+ n0 e OEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.# [' h' Q, ^8 |$ w T
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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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+ I' x. B5 I: y( o- Q# uSales 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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9 m; y8 A( M* y8 W! aBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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; J: [, h6 {! y' {: p; k- u* MBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.2 q: r( }4 g% C3 a y2 W
$ L% y5 D: p" z4 I8 f6 z3 F1 SThey 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 $266,100.. _% o6 O: u$ Z, h! g2 ?/ o: r) x
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ComFree, 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,! j @" y4 g5 r# `3 ^* t
7 c1 g4 N( g5 ?7 V# G) h- ^Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.! ^& l' o( u* A1 l
) v! B {; n, h* I% O8 JBut 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.% v3 H& z& A! K5 j! Y/ _
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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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