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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 $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.! H v" ]3 B0 N' C7 Q
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.1 H- R' u: D$ v
* s2 N) V' c1 `) V. o5 USales 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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) M* T4 _/ R1 a6 }; nWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.! I) [2 J8 A v( B- O1 X& j
/ O: `: b& o' oBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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8 U# F0 d, N: HBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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2 n* w% q5 |) G# dThey 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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ComFree, 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 $207.5 million,8 Q" s( G, [* [& U. c9 {
( R9 d; m4 X6 O( I# m4 O9 \4 L l9 yBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.$ x" c3 X9 `: Q2 h: W5 ^
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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.) p! D1 [+ s) {) |8 G
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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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