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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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; i+ {2 i. J, uEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.2 y l, M% E |% P, s7 F
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.; t% N4 z% V5 M( Y
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.4 s! b! D6 }$ w7 Y2 M& w
# w: f3 ]& U; pBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.+ r6 H8 }. L% l1 {
0 |/ S) \# w/ E$ ~9 BBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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# W6 V5 Z( D1 R$ y" V1 ^- ]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.+ `! P# u# a1 q* c, R
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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# ^& E; Y9 q2 N2 d" iComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,$ [! E" o% K: o# g7 y7 O
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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5 ^- V8 G* \! X( `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.+ C: D& m/ d- e
1 Y7 U; C, X% b+ \9 {; n"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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