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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.
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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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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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; j0 q1 E- U, y9 v: d2 ? uBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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5 I2 X- c2 h+ U; xThey 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 $266,100." r8 x1 U7 |( Z6 C0 e
2 i& I& a8 X$ m) S& cComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.6 Q" u) K) u+ `
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,9 y& n( k2 T" `
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold., |% u; B# K. _& H1 |" `/ q3 R
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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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