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5月份 爱城房地产报告& N5 d9 B0 n7 S3 g5 j; v
) ~- P% i/ H& S' SEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.' z8 O) r8 b, ]- @- W! s1 w
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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/ r6 p Q n! t' Y+ V. J; ASales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.- ?0 Y$ n, o) m$ q/ O* L3 Z
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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.! n" |; S. t6 t
8 r/ C) j' H7 MBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day." W0 Z5 \* W% M& c7 g m9 F
2 C* M! I+ f4 W& `; TThey 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 $266,100.7 |3 M, ^( S9 X" ?) D# G m
& F- C1 r' u5 Y9 r) dComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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$ B/ F: S! @6 KBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.) y5 F; e; J0 c* I$ k; h! B4 W
* p2 ]% R/ v Q# x) QBut 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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2 ^1 B9 {$ N) N"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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