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5月份 爱城房地产报告8 X) S- d- P9 x$ c l0 ~8 W
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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.# ]* `: u u/ _; x! n: ~7 U
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4 r' x6 F) K) ASales 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.2 R8 O" J; b4 p% u4 z9 O; L3 v5 C. y
# P4 s- O* @8 L3 v1 l7 A8 k9 | SWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.* K9 Y0 s8 U1 G. w
, E) v' }- C6 e5 \% t1 B4 e% TBuyers 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.8 c4 a A+ M7 B* d/ h* {8 B
* M3 y# N8 M+ HThey 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.: q% X, c, t( ^
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.4 [( a: `0 ^4 m
J; D9 E9 Y5 B' P1 i& N( |ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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: z% K' } L' D3 K- l: Y7 _2 ?Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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+ A3 d8 H6 F6 h" K0 XBut 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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"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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