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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 $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007., c3 G3 _ A& [( U
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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- {3 I3 X3 L; }5 OSales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.: p1 [. q2 }& p' i: l
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.( [& a* p: u, e( I# p0 `! ^: F
- R, O2 r+ z- U0 O7 v$ s; PBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.- E, l7 p7 X& K7 n b9 _6 t) C
# ~8 X3 \" N: a; KBut 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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" f) F& o) v* I: U3 dComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.5 v$ F% b8 ~3 i4 K2 G
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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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