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5月份 爱城房地产报告# x. @' |0 N1 `( C' H/ I
' {% d J B5 f7 vEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007. b: j1 I! |0 O d; W8 Z
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.5 @% f! ^- M2 L* |- p& i; O
# e" G$ s$ o! j0 z6 k' n- N3 DSales 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.$ L8 o8 \9 ^3 l+ G
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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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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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0 L* m0 }+ t1 y% q) n# JThey 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 $266,100.2 R% M" k% ?- @+ P& {6 x
4 C6 U% L2 [% A% L1 OComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May. L3 L& s$ x6 I# O- S7 |7 i
) J: Q9 v4 q7 Y" { c; E9 @ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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: u0 r) \8 |# S. k: XBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.0 Q/ x6 f) _; n9 d N
2 C* F, ?' a# H @% ~2 l4 iBut 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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