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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 $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.* U1 e$ X# `; y& w; I/ E4 b7 d! g* e
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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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* k) j. A1 X8 Q5 m. Y n4 {' jWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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0 `1 \) i) z8 O& v+ LBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.9 `/ ^9 x; C, E# J/ e5 p ]. ]
- O1 V1 G3 s# O d+ sBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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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 $266,100.4 n2 L0 h j' z3 w7 o2 t( Z$ C% X! J
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.+ d; t+ W& e% x3 d2 _0 x
) z/ B' u T! C, Z4 g, |" z$ x D& vComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,3 |( j1 x0 F6 J0 ?
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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+ Z/ k6 I2 j' k3 uBut 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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