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5月份 爱城房地产报告$ g' }. G+ O, t; j7 o$ t
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.$ R z r; r! D: u6 V8 R# ~
# g( y0 L: C4 r" r% _. T0 jWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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# P6 t) d* G) Q- \/ XBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.' w2 n& h- _+ ^/ m1 k' m. }
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.; C6 K( K: ]- V$ h
2 M) j% T2 {/ I# O3 u- d3 n( K& {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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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.' O. L3 X! p k3 i3 p# O. A: c
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,0 n4 \2 ~2 L# x$ B; L( B% o8 Z% ]8 T
! L+ {, f% B' R6 YBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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7 ]: q: x4 X6 _5 ^ O B3 vBut 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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. h( c& `" ]9 Z f+ d8 c' V ]; o" }"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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