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5月份 爱城房地产报告& ^6 E# E2 c, L) O
9 l9 m( ~$ e2 A8 IEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.7 S" ?$ D, M- M# |
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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.
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0 _" I* o& p1 R7 R+ Y' E1 CSales 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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# E& q5 M3 d6 v8 G PBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.$ m' b) A- F. z4 N) ]/ k
o% m1 n8 i. _5 }# p$ R5 UBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.0 N9 Y4 ~. ^# j6 F- x" j
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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." i6 f9 `6 B* Z+ C0 ~! o; L, s
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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 $207.5 million,* L, d0 }6 q |) |$ I8 a* Z
1 r1 F+ U% Z2 v+ T% v2 m( OBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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6 ~% ~- Z+ G5 L" d" |4 I/ xBut 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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Q% p6 T6 w3 F8 ^/ 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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