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5月份 爱城房地产报告8 a: ]2 r2 i G. u$ N* s0 \
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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/ l$ v9 S7 Z( p) VThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.8 p' f/ D8 B' A
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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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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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/ h. U3 m& z% X# t3 I2 L; z- ^) }But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.2 Y) P) S# R1 L2 F Y9 W; L/ n
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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 $266,100.8 E$ I5 L- H, [4 v, e3 u6 ~5 m
. b% m. V6 l& e0 L* h9 gComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May., M" ?* X* n9 y8 [7 f
1 d' O* r6 J+ }, I2 y& lComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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4 E/ t9 }# _1 x5 x+ r2 f+ cBut fears of higher interest rates have hurt confidence among Alberta business leaders and consumers -- especially about home buying -- in a new survey for PricewaterhouseCoopers, released Monday.6 H# z; V0 \% d6 Y4 |" `( u$ v
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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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