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5月份 爱城房地产报告/ z' L4 Z9 `! M# c, W% J
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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+ _% N- e5 x4 R) G7 @( d. G" WThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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( N2 Z" e: H. ]2 b! }7 E( h/ SSales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.4 |, b: j! \* k
1 q* l$ `" H, T0 F. _; 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.6 ^0 l/ t8 P( k: H
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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4 H8 |/ O! t) b3 D8 i8 g6 S6 @/ b N3 ZThey 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 $266,100.0 q' L- o/ `" B9 I
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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! f' c) e9 {8 _ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.- k% J% e& J+ i
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But fears of higher interest rates have hurt confidence among Alberta business leaders and consumers -- especially about home buying -- in a new survey for PricewaterhouseCoopers, released Monday.$ W6 I% c9 B& z: J2 A
4 m0 h+ B, K' e7 X; P' H"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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