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5月份 爱城房地产报告4 g5 v& W7 n4 Y
( [) b" A7 G: h; a: EEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.1 V% r" D7 }: p6 b# i: a
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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.+ G2 D. x! o+ N6 E" r9 b7 {
# X! i7 p2 ]5 @1 `# o l' j0 dSales 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.. c3 Z8 H! w+ {" |5 c
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.' ]; U' k% |1 r! D/ ^* z
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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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9 M" K5 I' Q& u9 A! G) ~& S1 zBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day., p3 k8 a/ X* a, g, z) m1 X" @( X
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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.# x# H6 r; F3 V+ V
1 C% H' }5 M/ T3 b: \7 p7 |' L. WComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.9 l& v! M" Y2 ]% z' T
$ P/ S# Y! m4 I* Q" zComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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Both 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./ ~; j6 V B" |
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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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