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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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# o# A& F7 t" kThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.- F: V2 y9 L0 O0 V
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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.
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& F; y' ~% `1 u% WWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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; H6 y8 k& V" B* z9 Y. }6 w! KBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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- X& A( F: d4 F7 i8 V( 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 $266,100.9 U1 @. j- n8 G% c6 P% w
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6 P$ o; v7 |9 W% l3 yComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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; ?, ^7 S9 Z; k! V: x) ?; C0 D4 vBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.: ]0 O$ v Q6 R, J
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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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