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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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+ s8 S A6 h. t$ ?$ Q$ |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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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.
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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- e; G" N4 T: ^1 Q: p) TBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.) {' i8 D0 V/ J) r4 K
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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! v" A6 f& m( y" f4 yThey 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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( t7 \1 j/ v* W! ?0 k0 VComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.7 r3 Q* G, c$ j" _0 o( g
" D+ V4 n% K4 Z, p8 l7 wBut 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.2 i0 I# ^% m' Y7 F' U5 T
% i5 ~/ j; o7 V& L3 c, V, _"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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