 鲜花( 0)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
5月份 爱城房地产报告/ Y* y6 Z% v- t
# p$ P4 ^* t% a$ q8 h
EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
. ]* _3 @4 {4 A4 v! {, s" K8 d# T4 m) c. c/ m' W2 X
That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006., A; W) n: i+ o9 F; Z( Y
, V3 `6 W. a/ a5 ?; i; W5 r7 {Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April./ {4 C9 ?* E$ `" d9 h' _5 l
2 W9 ~. C9 ]5 C+ c
With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
: W0 U5 Z& K& T- x# q) Q% K$ u/ j( W% v7 P: x$ ^ U
Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.. V: z+ c' N% \5 w/ y
$ d0 _- b0 W# O) E
But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
8 @% k! E7 U9 ?9 ? o7 C s, I; i4 I) H9 ?8 b, R
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 $266,100.* x; w& I9 r+ Y9 B& g7 H
! S6 ?- \* h ~2 O+ Q! kComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.# H9 E, g( H& w
. W+ g5 Y* z$ A, N) a/ E' \- v( b. E* y
ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
7 d+ P+ d* | m( R8 ~
! m3 M+ I1 t. \$ a* }Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
8 I, {$ l) W3 |7 m' P6 l0 U8 h% V+ ^, S4 {9 C8 a" l# b* X
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.. y$ y; A2 H$ b$ w: [4 j
3 o$ z0 D/ F. H( F"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. |
|