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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 $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.) H8 |* l) y4 _( ^- ~ ?
5 A+ X5 p6 ]& h" GThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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0 I5 C+ q3 T0 `+ zBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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0 o$ v1 l9 H9 f. K2 wBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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+ t3 F# A! ~$ X; \9 t2 aThey 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.& N8 K* }% U0 |1 Z
+ D# T; P" n# Z: N( ^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 $207.5 million,1 `/ E! q1 ?) U! I. ~
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.2 m: {, |8 ?* z
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But fears of higher interest rates have hurt confidence among Alberta business leaders and consumers -- especially about home buying -- in a new survey for PricewaterhouseCoopers, released Monday.3 P5 g( c( M" U' d; |
8 |$ K, E# ?- L- r# @"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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