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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 $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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: z) O8 o8 E) v" j$ QThat'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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Sales 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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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.5 z0 d5 r; E, g9 r4 ?
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.+ ?! M* ^( ^4 Q% x* t& T
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day. \# @5 g5 N/ t
; [0 ?6 H0 p6 q/ Q" Y; l; aThey 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.& I. a9 P% T0 S- Z/ N( ^
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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- S* F: A- U; H# F% dComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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) F& B" ?6 e A; k) T OBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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& d4 F$ W' h+ W1 P+ L$ t$ 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.
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9 d0 F7 t, k: O- }"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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