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5月份 爱城房地产报告& u, L C* s) J- I+ q2 C
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.1 C. c. u. V3 ] E& h5 I+ A
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; x: b: k# d3 KSales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.
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" {3 A5 v+ p2 ]- _: @With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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7 ^! t; W9 i) ?$ @$ wBut 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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6 [/ Y, M) U4 c7 J2 r. z* DComFree, 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 $207.5 million,6 H$ ~5 g. L6 d/ k7 Q) U1 t
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold." j* X' K% L9 a% C, U W
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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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