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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.1 Y1 c7 A1 z6 ~; X% ^# {& j# W
) h/ T( j8 n0 h6 kThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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+ I( m( T6 s; } |1 jSales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.# S. m4 G5 `% e- O" i# I
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.( C9 E8 ?- ~; m8 |1 X, D
4 _+ `& z/ l6 X3 y) zBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.2 a9 y% P5 A$ e/ G
; [ x3 Q' I- I6 wBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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; D- \& G2 W& ?$ {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., X5 H" h: D& U( B; a3 U8 Q
+ L0 F" b0 _* J2 {: s DComFree, 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," m1 M- k Z6 Q8 g" c- V1 O
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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/ }2 p7 ]& Q2 `( _! wBut 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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/ e/ w9 ?6 {( X5 F) h. W"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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