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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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+ G! }$ }5 J! k! c- V0 L4 OEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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2 t* U1 V( f& @Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.
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2 m+ Z5 a4 ?: dWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.. b: Z2 O* ?3 X3 D
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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2 f& w$ l( w0 U ]9 p7 iBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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( n, h5 s( `. n. l" e6 f8 |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.
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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 $207.5 million,# B0 P6 a4 s4 B& J, d" _2 H; }* o9 F
7 i3 s' E6 E0 T* m3 ~$ Z, K3 |Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold." B7 m' h* q( q, \
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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.$ g: U5 L) c7 z9 n- L, m
1 z* ~% X ^( f- _0 \"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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