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5月份 爱城房地产报告7 I9 t0 E7 C; R9 R0 L. |
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007./ ^; b' V R$ y* W0 ^1 ^, H1 {8 C
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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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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.
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' j6 r1 }! k- {) h( Y1 M, I1 zBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.- |9 C( f/ e5 j1 ^2 R& d4 b
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.+ I( j+ O+ U; [/ {7 A& V
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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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ComFree, 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,, c7 C u4 A( ]2 }4 I0 t0 y9 z! m
8 s; H3 v: `! o! PBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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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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, A5 ` L) W3 T( I" X% X k0 i- T"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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