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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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$ {, O) P' x) b$ c) o8 ^3 ^3 nEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.$ ~3 v; T; u: s2 @) ?7 P
4 ^8 D+ y5 ^8 G I# z$ q: dSales 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.6 Y5 F5 f; ]( e4 B) f
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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& [ x3 E1 f; VBuyers 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.7 K! ?. D5 w4 P% U6 E, M' k
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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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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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4 l& r; M8 J; R3 _9 V7 k6 QComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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) q( A: @1 {* y9 G, kBut 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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8 I7 R8 f, j3 z2 T"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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