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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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# B* e! F# t0 N6 `6 C2 HThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.3 U7 i7 k7 Y" I
9 i6 L' B4 J# `" F# gSales 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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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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. T6 |2 q! \/ t5 u! l/ oBut 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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" E8 N V( ^4 t+ `+ H+ z* t+ n* nComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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9 ~! {6 ]4 M, R: J( \ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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s/ v& a* L0 C" r' \2 U2 iBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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, \0 y! [/ {" _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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"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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