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5月份 爱城房地产报告" s( S g. j& n; e6 U3 Q( Y9 q
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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.+ x% g3 n1 g9 }7 p1 v: ]. D- i
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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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: \6 e* F! O& K( g& ZWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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% s- ~; ^# H+ e1 fBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.3 m% t1 s0 q: p3 \/ B; }
5 U4 ~6 s" V% sThey 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.
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6 r# }/ o: R) s2 O7 ?( ~ {ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,! o9 z. k5 {. G2 ?% L3 x
0 b! Z8 m+ F2 g! y8 |3 i7 ^" cBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.1 C3 v( B! i5 }: {: c
+ X% y9 _5 k9 v- T g% RBut 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." e% ~% J/ g- u8 X0 l- ^
: p. g/ n4 O. h- C! d- y1 z"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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