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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 $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.4 e; h$ B/ }) b/ k
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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.) d* H( s! C2 W7 R4 O
$ j8 O( X+ _, h 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.0 F M. P( h. q
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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3 M) ^" G1 L4 J/ G# HBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day. S4 l* }" I- @( l8 G8 T
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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 N- R: |& u! uComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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& B+ G- j: x* H6 W& MComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,/ @" B+ c/ t; Y7 j6 N+ i
: K7 g5 G }' N4 x" yBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold. M! w/ H5 h1 v' t7 s
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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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