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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.
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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.# d9 f1 @+ _6 D* o
* y: f" W! C) D8 E2 t, a' S' jSales 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.% K6 V- o- b: `2 S ~, ^' [
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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# G4 {. n# A, u2 {/ q- N( _' D9 dBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.7 Y3 O7 b+ t5 ^ b6 }
% m5 p% R7 J; ]7 Z' W3 VBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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! m: u$ }. j! t. u3 H+ XThey 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." K7 K- M5 [( f5 P* P( Y+ Y- V
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May. o* \7 `. E+ C0 `. C5 F" s' z! B
. t9 n5 F1 V4 }) B/ \) iComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million, T! l* m/ F1 ?; x, }
6 }7 U- U. S% @. RBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.4 I! X+ _; h$ T o/ i3 f
7 r- G% J( P. F, W7 E6 GBut 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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