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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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, s9 o: [- i$ K5 KEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.7 \5 x$ h8 Q z' z
* p. }% L8 g1 |$ J! eThat'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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! G! N" ^; ]- T) |$ C" N' ~' cSales 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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" L. l8 @% C2 ^9 W+ k( A3 {" F- PBuyers 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.. M3 y& P0 y, V( b) H
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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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' E+ Y: V4 U' EComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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% h5 C( r# M: c% y* jComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,7 ]/ H; ?* p* g2 {- q+ s7 k" Y! N
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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! u7 ^7 C. t+ q" L* `But fears of higher interest rates have hurt confidence among Alberta business leaders and consumers -- especially about home buying -- in a new survey for PricewaterhouseCoopers, released Monday.3 Z* X% U8 M, ?. d$ T
$ J X5 x1 s" D2 P* ^. u"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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