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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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' ?. \5 M( v+ _- kEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.$ T% q# }- [$ ?; _! 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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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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/ p" |, D# o% k( D& @# iWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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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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* I0 Q, A s% S1 E, KBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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( v9 D: a6 A* G2 qThey 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.6 C f8 l+ q: j
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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; C* }$ l2 j( K8 D) a/ j' G7 t8 }Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.1 N& X& O, A- y6 |" J- W/ o
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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 b- n/ j# w$ B. x) \3 Y
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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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