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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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; K! ~3 q5 ^) OEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.: I5 ^, J4 ^% c2 w. `
' g, O, N V7 q5 G8 |That'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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6 m* [4 X% M0 h( ^) r7 \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.. Y, M/ N- g3 z ~/ Y+ ]. Z; h
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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5 r# N8 C+ I! H) G" LBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.% j+ w8 d, L+ o- B- s' }
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But 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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" z; \! ~. Q8 KComFree, 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,2 w- J/ d6 }8 z2 @# ]
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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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, W, E: y9 u; W, G6 O! x) e"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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