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5月份 爱城房地产报告9 f, r7 B6 A0 H' P/ X T& @
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.9 Q1 n# q0 y3 @! {# ^" O( E
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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8 T! L$ C1 J% `6 RSales 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./ w% m' a# \; s2 J1 z
3 |9 ^& W* E1 n( B9 O. l9 HWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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, x5 X/ f8 E0 Y3 S, {3 ]( ]7 U* [Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.% v% l( M" h3 j) q+ G$ R: t K
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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7 X0 Z( @9 J, J' r# K& nThey 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 $266,100.9 S2 A$ K3 U% Q2 y9 R& N, }
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.6 J$ k5 x5 Y z
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million," D, W' d6 {' m
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.% C7 v* V; ~0 s }3 ]+ w4 X; E
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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.9 Y3 F6 K% y' T L3 O
_# H) O: f8 ]5 G- v+ P"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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