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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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3 g( n/ T p9 P& R. n- W. ?EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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# s! t- W# Y- V1 qThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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. f) x, v5 G i3 G dSales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.5 C" O- J u( N$ a T
4 Q: G6 K/ B; Y# V/ Z( P1 FBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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; L( R# | _) O& i+ U& v: PBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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) e: R2 `+ ^" @" p3 W* |) i% m/ vThey 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 $266,100.1 D& g7 r4 E: \6 c& e
* Q: M+ z5 ^( _! A# aComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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1 L* Y* q2 l3 e$ T; ?ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,+ [' ]5 J3 Y5 V: j/ U2 }0 B* r
* J% P/ D6 n) n2 S( g" _$ yBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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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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' c3 O- z' F/ w7 g8 Z0 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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