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5月份 爱城房地产报告# y' ?2 x5 j1 n; q' S* R
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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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: a/ y8 y+ \7 O2 [) {( ~, |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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, u3 l( @' n5 s' zSales 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.( B8 u1 p, A: h9 v
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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 $400 per day.
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6 m9 z- ~$ J' F# C: g# A2 H& yThey 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.) g! Q! ]. f6 V, P, ?
" |8 I+ d8 ~) J7 y+ a& R8 ZComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,- r7 x5 G+ Y+ h+ _
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.6 Q( e) B! Y% h
% f& X" U* l: n: L1 I3 k2 _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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"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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