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5月份 爱城房地产报告5 `/ T' [6 _5 h* Y$ g; y! q
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.! D ~1 ?" y# }( _) a$ B5 P* u
9 m# y8 l$ k. r0 |% E/ D8 BThat'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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0 z; @* \& B! a% f* |1 e3 |, MSales 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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+ n+ }" d5 Q7 UBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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6 K! T Z) k. @& _; iBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.& b4 p% B/ I; R: m6 ~1 S7 O; g
$ T/ U/ r% w$ R9 b \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.; g* u, n" ^6 \3 I! \
4 w. N2 T# T+ l# l# x8 fComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,8 c8 T; p% _5 @) e
7 r4 S5 z: \1 @- IBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.# T4 g* p3 O1 N* ?9 ^
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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.0 x2 _1 S! Y' m
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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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