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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 $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.. w; x/ x) K1 M
9 E3 N3 N- r& o2 l- C' P, C4 |Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.
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4 U5 c, k9 u% V# [1 c# d$ BWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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) [# j$ H7 N7 L7 vBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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# w; k) m! U' N# a+ } RBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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3 a2 b `" E1 k' J1 \, kThey 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 $266,100.
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0 r$ M# E$ @* \- B' G% {ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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7 C: }2 N6 v" [) hComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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But fears of higher interest rates have hurt confidence among Alberta business leaders and consumers -- especially about home buying -- in a new survey for PricewaterhouseCoopers, released Monday.. i }$ f( }8 [
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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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