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5月份 爱城房地产报告4 I% Q+ x; ]8 A' j. J3 j$ e
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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& {$ T$ e& o0 V! H1 rSales 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.% k8 N5 X5 l8 h; T5 h! j$ _
$ O4 ~5 M e- ^2 x- A& 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.
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5 h/ B8 ~9 {5 @8 VBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.. }& m6 U, S" i& [1 B# c
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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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0 k" [ F) \3 FComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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1 }# c2 @3 s; q0 OComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,; w, ^- ^6 Q% T& X7 e u
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.- ^) f3 x9 f1 F& I# M, z
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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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8 I& k, C1 f7 A+ [1 g3 `" 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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