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5月份 爱城房地产报告; | Y. Z, C3 F- T0 E' J; _
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007. P2 j9 c1 H; k$ X; o
" ^" O( P' v* Q. v, `- p$ \; xThat'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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) J5 y& ?2 b3 h F; ZSales 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.! q6 v9 N: ^) p" `+ Y
, T# f* o- U9 J- s/ L! n HWith 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.
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! s5 T0 c" |/ r: uBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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6 B+ M4 m) L* T! N6 U5 H2 lThey 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 $266,100.2 D" O+ m" g( M, p; I
Z5 T$ c- w4 `# ]2 gComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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( e* L w$ W$ aComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,' Y0 F$ W/ Z- K$ j! h8 Y
7 r! M7 ?& D7 a* V! @, m; F: iBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.! P, n8 t0 k# }- x
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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.
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8 j: |: `! Z6 c$ p* _; [8 E"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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