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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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$ {: c, n- V& yEDMONTON - 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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5 H. Z3 ^! T0 D* x' eSales 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.+ l8 q, @9 x' k; j
: Y* R# _" q5 Y, i; f5 sWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.- u0 Q9 y# n j9 A/ c9 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.# l8 C3 ?9 b( A
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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 $266,100.9 B' r& e9 E2 X) e
/ @, q2 m% O/ h* EComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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6 i- g) ]! m8 ZComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,4 j4 ]7 H# F1 \$ q3 j; v
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.. B1 l$ w7 `! u! v3 H1 z
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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.. E3 I7 [& P4 K
n: ~( e7 {$ B* Q E! g"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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