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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 $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006., ]" d$ W6 l/ J L/ w2 R2 ~
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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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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.( o2 |+ A5 |# q9 T, E
( W* `" v4 x8 G6 sBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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4 d t# B$ i( @' W7 ^6 f& I6 ?But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.( {0 d0 |( P: |7 ]2 W9 U4 j2 D& u
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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 $266,100.
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$ z) M) h# H) S8 qComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.6 n; K* E$ k, H! U8 W
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.+ P; Z/ H" m% N) m
- o$ {; H4 p; t) x! _. X& q' 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.
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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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