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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 $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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. w& H. e1 o+ a4 o. `. ]$ P( F4 v, 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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T$ I/ z0 O+ n3 X9 \. {; YSales 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 V1 ? u# x5 Q! r# [
" _$ x# Q+ Y7 g$ OWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.5 {+ z, u1 D4 l7 O/ M& k* V6 ^
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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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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.$ j( ~ `/ T1 G5 A$ ?1 t, _8 s; J
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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.7 A7 a% G k5 O) U" j. h4 j4 @. t
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,% b% m3 T {( D- R9 z# T
+ M" B2 u* {$ N3 I w, lBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.6 x, X- Z- ^/ Q$ q* t& Z/ A
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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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1 l4 M( |+ K+ J% R"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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