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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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& m% V- M) z. G8 }% H( X8 O! MEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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! a, T; Z7 q* a, uThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.5 i6 d/ L. N, n9 y" y
! f) w+ q+ p2 U& u2 N% E$ d- j- ISales 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.. Z1 z8 q* L( u4 X! R
# F1 S0 @/ ]# z# WWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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- K: l k4 Z; |- E# `% v' B6 F& [Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.. T, r1 A, @ d( H% C4 r# h
8 j$ H- d; ~0 MBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.' p/ P$ N# O- V# o8 P: }/ A/ {& D
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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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: X; T' o, Q# q- kComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.2 W8 a; k' X, c
/ r1 T: }) ?0 z' pComFree 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. t j% ~* o; P( K/ s
8 h% Q: ]: B* B' |9 _* UBut 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.9 l1 N. O6 N9 S# c E' z& W" K
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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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