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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 $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.4 a& O9 b! l/ { o5 x6 n. f
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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" s1 w0 J7 E; C, g D. ]Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.2 l6 T# [3 E# B3 l' j6 T. G; ^2 d
" h, O, B. v% qWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.2 V- T" k9 _2 `
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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G2 _5 \. _0 X. O$ BBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.! s" j7 I. J! ?6 o
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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 $266,100.9 v1 R6 S* x1 f5 ^$ b+ B
* n8 o+ t" X' s( v4 V0 F6 J& i; dComFree, 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 $207.5 million,8 h1 {$ q- m; l- l% h; }& N' P) N
+ e8 u: r3 K3 y% _! r7 W& wBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.' E9 T* ~5 a: C6 V
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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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