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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 $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.& C- q$ Z: Z& J; p& H" O& ~
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$ b9 Z) u+ h9 f% k- l1 v. P, sSales 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.. y$ M" r* f. O. S% b
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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' G& B0 Z1 c2 P; V' rBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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) n0 u4 T% m7 aBut 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./ S/ U: l; e7 C2 G1 @' B- O* p. `! C+ T
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.( _) Y" {* J3 @6 o8 Y: ?
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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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Z6 _, A8 J! t- g( [, `4 s% @Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.- k0 u* t- q. N) }
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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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' \0 s8 v* I6 a+ B) Q"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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