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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 $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.% t6 I% ]2 ] v) `3 b! j
2 r$ O0 s7 t7 ~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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7 d, K$ w e3 z) C) D6 USales 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.
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8 o0 ^3 u4 L, @, D5 d4 `3 |Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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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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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.. |# ?0 ?6 E# t1 K' T: j
) `# u9 I" ]9 T# S7 h& FComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,# V4 }. `& Y5 k8 }" U
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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) Y; h; Q/ ]1 }/ d; b6 ?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.- O& K8 k! z, O5 i3 @
3 \: O9 j9 d. @- R; E9 R9 |; q"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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