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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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7 C* L( a: d+ a9 QEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.. p- U: |! a/ P& j) }
3 i; O$ p0 F3 Y+ Z# s& p1 qThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.5 R2 ?2 |% p' X$ v
2 K- W$ K9 l' b' ~& b* FSales 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.7 Y& G* m% k( M% Z/ p) ~ a0 o0 k
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.& s- a+ J7 R; I/ ]. F4 H$ w* k
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.+ W' Q0 V! s `
5 q( z0 P# l& K ?' bBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.0 h2 d' h" m, m t
. c( i! \# k( W. R! TThey 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 $266,100.( J) c- v) s6 Z, l% b+ @
" ]. k. A5 X9 w5 b% B4 Y7 q5 VComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.9 D$ A6 `* a4 h" H. J! Q
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,/ ~- Y" j+ S1 j' h. X; E
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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.1 c- t h; `) _: H
z7 R `( W/ B"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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