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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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3 B) F4 p9 x OEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.2 g6 Z: O/ w% V7 b8 t
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.3 f- I, @" q! i# h$ ^4 K6 E
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.6 j- ~ r6 v! B/ j
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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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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. U# E& w6 J4 g8 i# F) c
, ]+ @* }; ]8 i. u7 I( w; S3 K9 GComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,. V3 g& ~: B& [9 `7 G
5 w( y. D8 z tBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.6 x S9 `$ Z2 M4 I2 |2 X2 [
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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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