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5月份 爱城房地产报告- ?8 _5 a2 @; p6 O
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.0 c1 z6 |0 v. [+ @6 i3 M: }8 |" z
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.3 X( F( \+ ~- f0 l
( x. h% ^" q0 [4 d! j" gWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.6 F$ b0 ?6 N3 t
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday., r0 l; ?, T4 |: ?
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But 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.( w5 l6 h9 j3 T. w2 c5 x
2 h" R, V5 E! }! ?6 HComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.3 d3 k8 k+ N0 d3 m7 o
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,3 T/ i! P* _ W5 B" n8 B* `, P
6 W1 t7 `$ P- D( A: z' TBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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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./ V+ g3 e8 h& S- k0 B+ U
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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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