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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 $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007./ ]0 G) Z. E: ^: I4 {+ t6 g
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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$ H4 \& b$ ^/ ^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.# i- z" h. [' d2 F
$ u: Q9 u! {+ V( ~& \! L2 [With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.( I. Z4 C6 `# L
7 \9 q) ^6 L, d/ G7 a* s5 S% \Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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( m' \3 }: J6 d; [: S7 D: [+ ^, lBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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! O, \( y% q) c' @6 JThey 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 $266,100.
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May." `0 i K3 ]: r$ F) a
- G/ V O5 C) f6 v- [# U% AComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,1 o) l2 |, H* Q7 h4 K) ?1 ]
( d9 t6 `8 w* z+ e+ M4 YBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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, H# Z8 ?- R) W6 j, V/ {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.8 n3 y: s9 D! O
0 j; r1 U C% O: ]- T) ]' Q" U"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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