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5月份 爱城房地产报告6 |0 C& t& d! x$ C9 X8 |9 L
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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& ^+ } S2 E0 o5 m7 oThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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( ~5 x/ o v' Q5 \$ `$ BSales 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.7 z6 R! m" B# w0 ^4 G3 _* h
5 {( M% ^( E' c* Z; HWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April. i8 R- T4 s6 J! ^6 H7 q
/ w! c! \! {2 T& k' y# ~Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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1 ]" d( v7 d: {9 E, e" {But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.9 L) h1 M) M3 n1 @4 r% v
0 \8 x7 t4 [' d1 Q& ?% rThey 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.. x( d! D# R) A: p; T* S! S
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ComFree, 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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1 R, f. M R1 ?; @7 uBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.3 k/ ^# R" b: i; g" E) l4 a( r
3 \! U! e: f' PBut 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( ~# q- B8 ^" T
$ _% F5 e( B; q# c. H- _"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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