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5月份 爱城房地产报告* U. M4 n! N b k( W0 C& ^
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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8 c, f- A, a, @0 _2 p/ wSales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.
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( N. f' d: y2 s$ O9 c; dWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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1 w* B" G4 i& l" P3 QBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday. K% }& n/ a( m: q, e" P' `
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.) t0 } q# Y3 j
& y1 D5 a: g; j$ ^" |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. P! f7 u# A, U/ L* h4 O- Q
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.: @% m% S4 g5 J R2 A2 s* P6 i
8 f: f v, ~7 j4 ?) [ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold./ q# \; [ y3 M; `8 P# k
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But fears of higher interest rates have hurt confidence among Alberta business leaders and consumers -- especially about home buying -- in a new survey for PricewaterhouseCoopers, released Monday.2 ^+ X, D$ \5 b' j9 V) G
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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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