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5月份 爱城房地产报告7 j4 _& F3 j4 @/ Z, t
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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.( z9 }1 f q, b; J6 `# N
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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 2006.5 O* Q2 ^3 L9 d4 f+ q6 K( q" |7 a
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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.7 [# I# D7 x3 N
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.0 \& r; s% I# X& f% n. q
2 P7 w) {3 J# }2 N* z8 v4 R& I7 `5 o* oBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.* S7 h/ x3 ^. i8 F& N
2 V! d! m6 y7 B3 z1 @. m' A5 JBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.% z# T$ n4 T- C, D( |
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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." [2 y2 t) A# P" m
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.( P1 D- I* u: B& ?3 P& F
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,$ ?3 V$ v/ v, E1 o- z4 @" [% N
/ G9 C0 O* |5 h& l0 rBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold., e1 l* r+ S7 T* f& Y; e
- S- Y% U$ r) d/ I, ]* ZBut 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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8 Q( K* x8 v! X% y# j! O) m"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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