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5月份 爱城房地产报告- {( I+ l5 @* u9 [3 B9 H
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.* x9 z# G0 k) p: ~
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.* B8 y( {# X6 r1 _* ?2 M
6 t2 U6 a9 g- C1 N r v! {With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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W! V$ r* V* U% ~* rBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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Q% {0 h4 M0 WBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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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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& \1 P Q* g3 _' mComFree, 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 $207.5 million,0 [* C' ?5 M: _/ s2 L% d9 s
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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But fears of higher interest rates have hurt confidence among Alberta business leaders and consumers -- especially about home buying -- in a new survey for PricewaterhouseCoopers, released Monday.+ n. G1 d" r. v2 p# i" W5 b. A
% E; Y/ g$ N z0 ]; x"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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