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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 $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.9 W# M* |" _. D# _0 B7 A% b# F% ]
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006. M' ]& \8 f: l7 l5 p. V# l3 z
" k* c6 Z9 [+ V3 ^Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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7 q0 d6 z; D. IBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.2 e" Z& ^! O4 g9 \/ h$ \
) N, Q( v# V( H5 Z9 w" [: P% zBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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* }% O/ O0 \' {/ C$ f$ OThey 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.
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: e2 v& r0 @( A: _/ b8 z8 GComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,7 a* _) |1 ^4 o4 B9 u; e' \: v
- Z! V9 L3 P. t$ e' cBoth 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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$ L( ~' L; [3 r3 C$ |+ c6 \"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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