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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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* ?. s9 X' a2 \4 D, E* G3 f3 D ^EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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6 R# v8 Q% j- u( _; OThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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$ `# j0 O) V# 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.- c' G* P8 i7 U% Y% l3 K
3 Y5 m2 T! |% f0 `. KWith 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.; f+ b/ x2 ^5 s$ z- ^/ u `
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.4 I- ?$ {! {8 [6 A; R
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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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' W3 l# D1 H# r3 rComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.; c: [; P; C% U& l
- X+ B; ^% M( y4 t! H2 ^ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,* x. q5 I& a E' e) S u
* F' F4 p9 x6 u, y- V" J3 dBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.* C, r; g( c* `; M" Y+ r8 q
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But fears of higher interest rates have hurt confidence among Alberta business leaders and consumers -- especially about home buying -- in a new survey for PricewaterhouseCoopers, released Monday.
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" M' Y0 t4 m/ D1 K0 i, m1 k$ x5 N"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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