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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 $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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5 l& u" D) ]5 V/ fThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006." s- T% _$ Z( s& H% W& }5 |2 |5 }
! S6 ^- ?0 n, WSales 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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9 x4 ]: o. J3 i' D: P2 n/ I2 bWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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5 w f0 d0 j- }1 K' O% YBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.- H! ]$ _& g! B
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.: _" J) y% C. [& M- g7 c- C
3 K9 k" e) R7 `: X# y; vThey 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 $266,100.
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# b2 H* Q, u i, {ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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, L( |) Y9 g4 p$ l$ J- ]* _5 jComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.2 q7 R6 f* z: B2 p; l" g
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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.' O- a% n. B' L1 x6 m, [8 X2 t& _
! c% _0 ^4 s4 D* y4 G1 d"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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