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5月份 爱城房地产报告( u) f0 u" C/ J6 Y
0 b9 R' }7 X* s' LEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.) ]- \" ~! [1 z0 `
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# m( h1 s6 a' C8 K H1 iSales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.+ M1 D+ B1 z0 t7 [% R0 [$ V O
" A/ L' z! ^6 a6 X% T4 xWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.7 I7 _0 V, l5 a% ?% G
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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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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.0 r: K! h" k+ a: ]5 y: a
$ d: e0 u6 w" mThey 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 $266,100.+ S4 X! k: a8 j) F
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.9 @4 x$ S. M( E: }: |, q: F
4 @3 R4 ?) c# q- Q+ RComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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8 u2 X5 {8 z- u/ {3 TBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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But fears of higher interest rates have hurt confidence among Alberta business leaders and consumers -- especially about home buying -- in a new survey for PricewaterhouseCoopers, released Monday.
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) @$ q v2 K* h: v2 B"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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