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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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* A" k/ H2 Z8 ^# OEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.! g* n/ g1 h' P% e% s) s2 W
+ n: b+ Z/ o: Z1 @4 x8 K4 ^" D" OThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.; E0 n6 S3 L( w* a9 O; Y
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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.
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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4 O# b" W2 ^, j4 mBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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( H J3 ]- w( t9 f5 rBut 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 $266,100.2 B+ |- C0 C0 N3 ?* ?# Y- b
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May., J' R, b3 ]3 F8 a, T, v$ b. A
. C9 V( `" ^4 E* c2 {7 bComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million, P0 r$ b# M0 c+ j% H
, B5 z# ~/ ~% l7 j2 i* XBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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P/ m) t& C3 S, a; WBut 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./ k/ v& y$ Q5 x+ u
( [9 F- E* O, @3 ]"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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