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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.+ Y& f9 z0 O2 v4 x2 |/ `
& S- d" @- ^1 I( @) y5 l+ @3 N: ZThat'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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}2 E5 q- z) {- _Sales 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.% Z7 X" h9 F6 n2 H9 ]
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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.9 w# L2 I9 A( f% W2 N
. o, Z9 {9 S( o1 l2 d, t( IBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.4 e$ G* Z3 l1 S+ C5 `' y
& N, c4 c/ D0 b( r: o/ X4 aThey 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 $266,100.
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May." @( J; o3 b7 ]
' Y5 e& J$ T8 a3 A4 w: B% j+ aComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,- y9 [6 v6 r* \ T% U3 }* ]: ~
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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# p1 ]6 I |; U0 U, [/ J* Z* d" N/ RBut 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. `! u/ U% d/ c" Y' n b3 _+ [
9 b5 d+ h) _8 ]; r9 B"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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