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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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# a$ Y1 K/ W0 w- }, n/ s9 oEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.- B+ g+ a4 ^( o! P" J: Z5 U9 o
4 M$ ^2 \4 a* ?' h0 W" [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.$ S- a' _( }; A( M* m+ F- U/ c
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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5 J9 p2 i; @" ?* ABuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.! i4 {' k, `* [
& ]0 l0 U3 k1 D& c! 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.
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/ \% I5 a! ^% \6 @& b- b# `ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May." H1 C3 X7 M& S3 g
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,2 X6 I' u! P. S' |7 p
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.7 o% C. k5 I& B- N, M
! ^% F) m0 D# m* G0 M& P. hBut fears of higher interest rates have hurt confidence among Alberta business leaders and consumers -- especially about home buying -- in a new survey for PricewaterhouseCoopers, released Monday., Y8 ]$ W; p2 W4 B- S
" Z* Y3 O% I3 V) @0 [7 B6 Z"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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