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5月份 爱城房地产报告: ~! w# J( n$ U/ p) k: s
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007. }, d2 y( X0 }: q8 L3 u
; x! a- @; i- I7 FThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006., w& k3 f# `9 [* Z
; A4 o6 {& N' `/ N% k O4 }. uSales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.6 B! T; L! Z% w! f
! z* W1 R& X9 J, b6 e8 AWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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9 x8 q$ P8 ]' f4 \- C! Q! {& vBut 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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! [# c- O8 A e! B7 G9 T0 R oComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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7 K1 k0 p& c2 A# e% a& x: K% TComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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4 s4 f7 Y }. p/ Z6 ?+ G$ ^ e3 xBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.. z% B1 o* o; c$ Q! ]! p n: _6 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.8 ?: N7 A( o' E) a! y
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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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