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5月份 爱城房地产报告; p2 H- }9 i+ g) a3 z
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.$ K* }6 G# u( [4 x0 J6 q/ v! R2 d
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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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& `1 K( K. P, n( x! B# `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.1 r: R( [3 c' n& W# c: B3 R8 k& n
3 F) H$ C, E v2 ?With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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" D- V* Q$ P/ [9 d$ s' OBuyers 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 $400 per day. O) E$ @5 P) A. R: Q* f& }# K
4 F: J5 i2 z+ f+ fThey 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 $266,100. }: X, q* i. @ q0 R' L# ~& j/ Z5 c
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.9 G. I7 E6 j2 `4 v$ A
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,9 T! S# U* z% ?: m+ V- p8 N
1 v" g, x4 M& Z. RBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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) f# w' p9 u' J1 WBut 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.5 S8 K0 K6 Y/ }/ O3 x4 `
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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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