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5月份 爱城房地产报告" l1 m' o" V' ]- v& i' k% I
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.! S+ U5 y* j/ @: ~$ [9 n
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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 2006.1 U1 I: w; O) p: @2 [
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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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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April./ L$ ]& z, [/ }. h5 A6 ]* p f
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.3 F/ d* `: H$ c0 i
9 ~ E5 S# W$ g( f7 E" QBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.8 ?" Z: a* J/ \; d7 A" L" M* g% n
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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 $266,100.- L, S$ ?" O$ N9 A! R
" z7 c. n* M" T, }$ aComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.2 L0 s' p* R: F5 e9 t8 G
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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; F# w- {; P" \- C6 i+ u) SBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.! K- A8 }! N" y( c
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But fears of higher interest rates have hurt confidence among Alberta business leaders and consumers -- especially about home buying -- in a new survey for PricewaterhouseCoopers, released Monday.
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6 ]- d: g7 `. w5 n) z$ n( 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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