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5月份 爱城房地产报告1 u7 A1 o0 h; t8 C; [: H7 f
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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 2007.7 z+ U( s/ ^' a) \- g' j- m+ W, F3 l* }
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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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, C) F) Y! T( \+ kSales 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.+ \) h* `! G2 j/ Y& i, T) y
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.8 P# ~; Q/ N) C |4 ^
, Z; ~) u) b7 y. Q6 N& l T/ hBuyers 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., a# Z% f; D3 Z+ m3 ^/ h; n
, y" q* B/ p9 P0 l4 |" SThey 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.# D1 e# I9 p) ]) y1 A
/ w* n0 E: o7 BComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,* N/ p5 g6 B* X( w+ c0 Q3 v
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.: }) w5 F, A/ m! `, i! O1 n, _+ k
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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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