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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 $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007./ d/ @8 G5 B8 }( ]. S
6 g- d* X5 u P# m. L `That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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" t. h9 A+ r! ? g! FSales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.9 z) ^& t5 f& j8 f. t4 S
1 \1 u' A* k8 Q7 T& y; hWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.% u3 a# d1 d( w F1 P8 G$ l
5 T" W0 e v% Q! KBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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3 A2 @( N) f1 ^2 | z$ @! @$ RBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.7 h7 t, E6 ?1 v: O+ @: ^0 r7 O
# n9 N) t% y$ ~+ q1 K7 EThey 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 $266,100.5 l0 }! v0 j" s; X. _+ \
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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! f3 X/ i% q- ^" q+ H: D6 fComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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Both 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.
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"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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