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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 $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.$ K n* L# B! I- A
+ W, r4 R$ S% 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.7 j3 U3 m( k$ S! u& p5 E/ C8 |
5 A, @4 Z& _2 `' m* NBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.+ ~ P, h. f6 F7 k' \
' Y, r# g0 t: l3 e1 S- d6 U gBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.. H3 Y! g [) w o' o) {
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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 $266,100.
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: [4 y& I# i0 X7 j" }ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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/ X/ K4 v4 |# y' m; L; L. k" Z$ A7 VComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,9 o% E. j4 ?) X, e6 s0 q
5 i$ [7 q0 t1 ~" `7 h1 N& aBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.- H% [/ k! v# O# F# d) Q. W' o' `$ ~
9 v0 X7 o8 O9 y% }2 CBut 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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