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5月份 爱城房地产报告8 f8 z5 b e9 e' y3 P, e# I
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.4 Q7 J5 ]( I) w
2 x# z. @3 J2 IThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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; L: x: P) b g. n; u, W* W2 lSales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April./ @# B, C9 V# a; \; } _* X4 u Z
' j9 K7 q) t+ o2 J+ q$ T- ]With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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; |7 u: a3 }1 bBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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" k& f. E) v6 NBut 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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. N a W& e+ OComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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. C; z9 N1 c; ?ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,7 Y; ]3 p/ g# U( T. j
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Both 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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"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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