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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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& ?3 A! g9 ]+ ]+ V6 f+ x3 LEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006., b; ?+ N4 s2 I2 P- Z
7 p" g ?+ }* |3 w1 y6 ?& _9 ASales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.
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/ H/ R) y, b" z% E. f" V Z" cWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April." X0 S( N; d2 s1 T6 f( w8 y% a
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.+ {# _* B9 a. n$ J
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day. y- G; _2 C5 ]5 J2 B
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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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. P8 P: `; z& O9 T# D* ?ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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9 s3 S4 `# Q% r( A4 e) |. sComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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1 _' z5 z% R3 X0 ^6 l7 d8 P" y- P+ RBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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) K$ e+ R9 D( Y5 J" L# ~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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: u; i1 f& O9 \8 b- K"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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