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5月份 爱城房地产报告& M! ?8 j% ^. n5 H, w0 d A
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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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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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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.: o, J4 M; \7 Q3 Q( o& s8 d! e
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.2 [1 h9 r U9 `& J
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5 w! ]8 o4 U, `' z8 J: nThey 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.% N3 C7 P1 C& ]# d. p6 y
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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7 q2 n6 f. e2 U3 _& _ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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% m t" N# C* h& t' H! U9 UBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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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.# f9 S. c- F( h6 L7 z
* s! P+ M! [/ ^"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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