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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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" N1 T; g; f, D9 TEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007. x, J5 Z; s3 a+ 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.
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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.5 ^8 f: {6 C J- \( m2 G) x% W( v4 e
, A- C m* Z$ S- o; k4 dWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April., g$ |* E& W9 ]
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.4 B. v9 N3 i7 |4 O4 M1 _0 A
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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, D& G7 ~" L1 `' |" x5 PThey 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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& S3 p6 I* T* IComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.' v8 h% N1 {+ ]4 I
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.$ ?/ e. G5 F0 D' s
+ j, }& \! Z; @7 NBut 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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