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5月份 爱城房地产报告; _( R( P7 s! o* S9 @6 ^, ?9 X0 l
& `/ k6 Q: D8 ^1 A% E. \EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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. {. X' `" e- V; P# @" P2 EThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.! l8 w. c' r, d+ w: r7 a
# Q' T, ]2 T5 Y/ {: N# h' BSales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.( V; x, E% g2 E( M
" l4 d6 y, w) R+ {& a! @With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.) r- ~5 l9 c, H# `( T
* T# J% Y$ _" A4 V% x" u/ ^Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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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.* |7 f3 ^) J! g" s8 u4 S
4 b! M' t* L& d, U5 N( hComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.2 n- v- s+ u& B
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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.
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9 O. B- ]. t/ U. pBut 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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' B+ }7 d8 j0 W+ Q. h; }& 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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