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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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; \$ C1 _+ s) k. N2 v$ C& wEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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& |/ v2 r7 [! r9 v& l- V* Y0 CThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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9 t# e8 ^+ P6 V& ISales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.5 d0 s2 G" q4 S* Y
: j6 ]) k! q j+ zWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.9 `# w& m8 B& H9 t8 Y" T
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.# j) T3 E Z2 |+ r/ k+ K6 ~
9 G4 @9 {4 H3 M) L$ eBut 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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5 b% M0 J. O4 n# X" I. H# L9 k( {8 rComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.: m q) L( I: 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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, ]& [3 v- M" v" wBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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& d* h% ^3 e' T: u) @7 bBut 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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