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5月份 爱城房地产报告- p0 ^ s& R$ H7 l( d
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.: p1 J% v, _8 L3 _7 E1 G. r
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.4 w) J; k/ k" g4 |
8 P$ H3 r8 S, ^3 ^- E* s$ k- { MWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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/ r$ S+ X$ X5 V$ z- J8 F* D( DBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.; b$ a1 H9 ^* [2 e8 x" x
- d5 |8 u& v+ t7 B. w& ^4 dBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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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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+ {0 p+ |0 V8 p. h* N/ @ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.5 v: ?' k6 Z* L' f' g& _0 Z
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,2 ?- R' |& t6 w `! [
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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.
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+ f# n6 P; v3 u8 r8 k"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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