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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.$ Y3 v+ Y5 E$ |/ [+ 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.
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) \2 Y0 C) E0 z4 y+ a# P& u6 lSales 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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" `5 z% J$ Q* D7 X. nWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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5 [0 P& Z; O: o2 CBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.8 s; g. B9 I% W1 _
8 x( q/ Q% M1 Q& v& g( wBut 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 @- b( K/ S3 JComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May. ~5 ?& x" J3 l
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,5 Q; b8 ]- X7 {' `3 H
7 O) L; i, B; u x aBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.* q! C. p' s! M$ e0 Z
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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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"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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