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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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5 w7 p/ O+ ~" l9 QThat'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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2 c# |2 o1 a' x2 q+ e1 ?6 q8 V3 sSales 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.3 b+ `5 d% P2 L% }6 j" H2 B0 y
2 K+ ~! H3 Z3 oWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.: ^. H" f/ c- ]. o& B
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.5 }+ g* G1 L1 @9 [+ m7 K; u4 D
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day., |9 M6 r; z U$ _7 r
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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.- _: [( Y3 s9 K9 z4 M8 h c
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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 $207.5 million,
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' Y7 | X5 c/ V" \% I. dBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.1 n7 C0 n% |( Y. r
% d) J/ a# K6 _3 o; |* m2 y; oBut fears of higher interest rates have hurt confidence among Alberta business leaders and consumers -- especially about home buying -- in a new survey for PricewaterhouseCoopers, released Monday.
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, W8 k+ C+ c1 U$ |8 u"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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