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5月份 爱城房地产报告- u' q7 @( r8 C5 x% f& y/ |
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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.) ]8 H3 a2 p3 ?' q- U
& | N% A* ^8 hSales 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* T" d) f; I& TWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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}" X5 b: D; W LBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.% D: B& |* p; q0 i! g7 W
& F3 `& F+ d/ i# V& Q/ v7 M+ GBut 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 $266,100.
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5 ]/ S: A6 {- o7 X+ p/ @; L2 NComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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( k: h9 Z( o; s: j9 l) y$ g- QComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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/ O( w4 P7 b* U( E4 m" rBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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8 J: j' ]2 I5 H# h! hBut fears of higher interest rates have hurt confidence among Alberta business leaders and consumers -- especially about home buying -- in a new survey for PricewaterhouseCoopers, released Monday.: ?/ r o$ u9 Q; l4 o
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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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