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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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/ N. D4 Y( r/ Y) g( K9 g- K/ YEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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1 y" W6 |8 m5 ^% m+ j1 {That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.! G: e/ `# k7 p% ]
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.7 |4 P1 a+ k" G; l: o$ W
3 i& Z( d/ ]& n) ^( L7 EBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.& C' f- ]& O. p2 |
! S$ h4 n% ^ a \But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.% v+ z: i# \3 v+ ]' ]) g8 y Z
0 U# X4 e! T8 p) LThey 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 $207.5 million,
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold., I9 m) m; k O% e* @* d( S
6 E8 C) N+ ~$ H" W7 }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.& N0 i4 E6 f/ K- l
" X- {& w& g' k5 ~1 V9 z) r; z& N"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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