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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 $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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M8 [; O5 ]% Q# I! G6 y! }That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.' [$ A0 D+ G# D! n6 h- S& i
) l" n/ I' x" P3 x) l( E$ ?- {5 ~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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$ K6 U2 T/ B/ ?: }* _: k9 D2 a ?5 IWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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6 @4 Y8 a9 ]! H, rBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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9 k1 _% ^! v- G# Y' L( u% ^- mBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.1 p* b2 z7 \' j 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 $266,100.$ d) g& U+ s7 e6 |* ?- 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 $207.5 million,( P2 D% B2 A$ Z! e, x! f, J
0 d/ A" Y0 P5 H w6 l4 Y2 CBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.$ E( i3 T5 i# I7 x
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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.
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0 _1 B0 `& V( ]"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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