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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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$ S; G' S9 R: {. g5 _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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n- f( T* N3 G: D+ NThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.7 E( J. g0 V3 S. `8 B
" J! p, l) ?6 M( ?9 n. CSales 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.6 M( M+ \4 F/ T ~8 @. E7 \) p
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.3 y; B1 \+ P; R# c
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.) Z) x# N9 A6 @6 m( I1 x
: _( |: L; c' A8 j- G9 PBut 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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) J+ d: Y# v1 v9 jComFree, 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 $207.5 million,
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8 d, j4 C; l. I; o/ pBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.) K8 ^" g( @: F O& G
# u, D; Z V0 d$ |2 [1 X$ mBut 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.7 `: U3 ~! Y& V x
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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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