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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 $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.' \% m8 e/ ], s" `
( _, l+ l6 v3 C3 ?, i- u4 rThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.+ Q0 b! j- a. f4 v! B
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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* Q( g! I. `9 {7 {. f% BBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday./ E9 r# z, Y6 D0 C* d" H( A* s
0 x' @6 A! E: h& ?) B/ w6 \& R; v$ QBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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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 $266,100.2 x( c/ r# U1 ^
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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,! k) C: k- h) d4 n) O
' Q3 }% ~0 C9 ]7 \/ kBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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" K4 y6 v9 B2 z7 e YBut 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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