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5月份 爱城房地产报告 i* ~7 l0 C, n6 P. ?+ ?1 @
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.1 J; d; L* w5 e* t
9 w$ @" O, T* |% @# I$ e3 _That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.- R; g$ {; M- T# W3 O5 B4 F2 C
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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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5 n/ i. a* r# y8 `1 z0 n! IWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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% g6 v8 C2 N, Y' P* d2 RBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.0 p- W& Q0 v7 X. \4 k v
q& i! G* S+ ^+ b2 e0 ?But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day." s; A9 E ^% B0 O( G3 G3 W
9 R& A6 ^! G4 {5 M8 eThey 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.( S: S/ a+ U, k% @. C
~5 c* G" @( eComFree, 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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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold., v* R, p% z; v
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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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"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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