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5月份 爱城房地产报告$ Z, S" d# b. `6 \% T5 m+ C
! g _! B& L4 U9 M0 hEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.$ ~* i8 F& h6 d3 c6 r' H" g _% f
4 l! B4 C$ r! bThat'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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. V) O( K4 k+ V$ T! D7 K' ESales 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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9 w3 C& e1 ~+ t( fWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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: [6 @ Y6 I% r u1 \* {. CBuyers 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.6 Q( H8 V5 |6 D2 t
) F8 o7 M, J2 {2 W+ m. SThey 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 $266,100.- Z* z* k) U/ x# E$ d
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.3 m. c9 E5 R; J$ U) V
' j$ E: `& e [3 YComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,( V* M( {9 g: o- ~7 ]2 t
- P& E5 ]( H! `; A- ABoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.9 B2 T: @& y# u( p* J
% c' t1 M% r2 l% j8 V# zBut 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.' E( Z. N0 U( i r
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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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