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5月份 爱城房地产报告4 @, g. _8 l: ^- L" m/ d' e
3 }* I1 q* l. I1 V kEDMONTON - 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 2006.5 Y. r* F' F# J, r1 L# t2 S4 F3 K9 X
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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.+ P* `/ Q& |. n( F
5 e9 r; g. b/ _( f+ DBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.7 }0 ^ K' O! c! U5 _7 O% C
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.# A9 Y5 b% Q7 \" w& Z+ n' q
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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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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.6 z/ e# }5 X+ V2 w; g1 N4 }" r
0 D; j5 M% i% A; v, ~ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,2 ^* Z2 V) }% E, J( Z# T
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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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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( z. A* U0 }" E3 ^8 j2 z"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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