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5月份 爱城房地产报告8 N' Z0 U7 `: x, \. r/ h
# }) ?3 a' V9 \2 gEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.; S2 Y2 Z2 H& h6 J I: j8 C$ ^$ 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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% {) l3 Z; w+ d8 \ f! `/ i1 {' C S7 g8 CSales 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.$ \8 N% W( Z$ Y& m
5 r, t. {+ G4 f. O# QWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.* W* p5 N! n; }" h7 c' m& N
% V& l. T q/ KBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.1 ]% E6 C5 r6 ~( C
- w) s, J6 K& Z$ }9 oBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.. F. _ }* m3 `4 X
5 y; U1 P/ t" ~, z: P9 P* 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 $266,100.
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% g0 Z5 k$ r& y4 G, _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,- B+ {: I2 ?+ F9 y3 f
8 d, y- x8 P* q% z% [ gBoth 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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"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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