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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 $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.+ g+ [, r' v! `/ e! u7 n5 f' n( b1 ]1 J
" k# R6 H. Y6 h2 L. AThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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) ~: [. G/ F8 L Q- |Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.
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Q. s! K+ P' j& Z: z! d' Z BWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.% N9 N/ n0 N+ {- C0 m
' O$ X% {9 o5 PBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.% j; ~) X R7 \6 h# [; l; ?. P3 d
- M7 n3 E& I2 d, ^; XBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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/ J8 d& f( T3 g% G' G0 dThey 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.
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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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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.. y, [5 J' I: b; q' @( ^7 }* c
% R" l* P9 b ^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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4 F6 J6 D8 x/ S# Z" \( r"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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