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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 $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.! y: L, y- i; C
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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$ v, q0 Y. P9 v# L% x E( W/ mBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.5 k5 A5 C5 ]4 V; r0 W$ O7 h- o
8 x9 w3 X. i* `6 l: x! ?% T9 bBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.+ @0 {* L' N5 j0 ]0 f p0 x# K
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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 $266,100.* J! y$ M) s. r# n7 c
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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7 p' O% T0 L* gComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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; M, O# R& e- c# B' OBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.. p9 a; e2 {) P" o5 W
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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.6 `& H0 ~4 T9 ^; I8 [# P d- R) }* d
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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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