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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.
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+ \" f9 H: {2 n, RThat'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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7 _3 [% T& e- f& ^" J" lSales 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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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.) C- i9 e3 Q% _: ?3 W8 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 $266,100.7 t7 T* o$ c$ ^% Y" v
8 Q5 b/ U i8 P7 o4 h4 zComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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+ i0 W# c0 g9 `# o% R0 KComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,/ O% T) } Y( G, \
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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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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1 v2 z5 F9 j( N7 T9 x"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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