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5月份 爱城房地产报告9 u4 E- c0 T, W
& F$ P$ x9 ]9 }EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.# k) N2 E1 {5 w$ `
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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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( {3 a# {. [$ JSales 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. i% `! F4 o' I) c* |/ C/ z% ^
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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! J. _6 ~" q i+ q3 c9 ~* VBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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9 `: e! \( ~) c+ D! e. L3 yThey 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./ P9 r9 G2 X- d5 k
3 r. y! z5 N0 ~2 s0 Y SComFree 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." w7 |5 p+ O# N
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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.
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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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