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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.0 \/ L' M" s: k+ i# q$ D
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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.) `) K* ~1 l# x! H
# p& `2 D9 S3 tWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April. { d; ?# B* _: f
1 B1 _+ j- W0 p- L$ ~Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday./ z' e# \* ?0 L/ {, _
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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/ R$ F9 z. s( w2 AThey 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 $266,100.1 N0 `4 w7 {! L+ v" X
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.9 C' ]8 \* A+ J8 B Z1 O: f3 J
1 d& i# o% O+ k. ^6 E% kComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.6 H: j# r$ z% I ~
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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., E0 a8 D; @* d: y$ z
9 ?4 }8 k( [: f; ["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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