 鲜花( 0)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
5月份 爱城房地产报告
4 f1 b% Q% T/ H+ ^' o% s) ?
. U; {( y% d% D z2 [EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.1 g1 f5 }! h$ V! O3 S
# R+ V- m9 ]4 ~$ v/ o
That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
4 b( t: n4 m8 ?' L/ s+ ]: o- O2 ?# l/ l4 V- F! k. Z: f
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* O' r3 ]1 k9 \0 r' D0 @. A
$ f. w5 q# U5 n3 v
With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.: p$ A- g# N, l- x" `
. Z. F; y: N _$ [$ ^
Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
# l. I) ~2 h3 G7 A
( S& V3 m) J* W3 O ^( D# x+ DBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
$ \0 L+ Z5 Z) y! r4 i: Z
# T2 O) A: f( n( [; oThey 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 $266,100.5 B9 O; e) Q8 i9 N
7 t, d( w$ ]( A: RComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
^ W1 x1 i: ?* n
0 E: E+ [! Q$ N& B* u% D$ KComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,% i2 r9 _7 S+ s/ S+ T1 P8 D
9 E# G$ M6 S# x7 n# R0 g$ O) u
Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
* C+ g5 T% o8 Z7 h/ M1 l
, }* D+ _) w' k* 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.
% a: B o E {. c7 d
7 A9 m# F* k4 B) `# E# g! i3 ?5 B"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. |
|