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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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- T) r) N# V4 j, q& t% vThat'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.0 a* \( N# U' z b) Q# G
9 b0 |( e5 ~/ b* |, ?' U4 ^5 i! ~With 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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+ \1 w0 b& x6 n$ X9 ?5 c4 k& h5 |( BBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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4 c" a8 v8 z' S$ [8 {! gThey 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 $266,100.0 V4 ?8 S" B; X! X% Q
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.' ], g( a% k$ f ^/ k
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,- S' U7 Y3 g5 [* {5 ~
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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But fears of higher interest rates have hurt confidence among Alberta business leaders and consumers -- especially about home buying -- in a new survey for PricewaterhouseCoopers, released Monday.
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2 e9 d1 G$ P8 S! B. o"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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