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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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M1 j9 j4 m2 X' E' q& z) J2 jEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.2 C1 U9 [7 x( Q% Z3 Y5 s: f. d H
+ T# \. e) \9 ]! OThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.! y+ G8 {" U% c9 f6 k2 C8 K4 b7 Y
3 X1 W5 v7 j5 S1 j3 R3 NSales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.0 x4 R* U3 |+ X. z9 y
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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0 U8 |/ Y$ k: T# i3 Z+ MBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.1 `: ?3 U4 m5 z5 f1 z. ^- ~* ^
' D' h6 V0 ?+ pBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.' i6 G4 w B/ T1 u8 F: d, u
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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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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.+ \. U4 J* w6 u+ C
. q4 u7 n' |1 M9 z# m }- mComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,. b# V% \" ]1 y5 W4 N
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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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.
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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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