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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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0 [, \% |3 [. J. T, X8 V! x3 y1 @3 R1 JEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.! P: d& U5 Z. C6 w
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.. n/ B7 D& g3 a# r
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.9 M O9 b- R! }' b9 i: w& a
* g: w& R# y1 Z! xWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.2 m) J; z8 e1 O$ p4 G9 ^
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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/ i0 J8 ?: ]5 k5 KBut 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.# p, w) q( R5 w
# z! M6 ^: U7 P" K8 u' N: vComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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8 M1 |/ Q) [# ~0 r# rComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,$ v: { c& w7 |, s+ B9 |' P. F
2 K. O8 A5 O: P; m- E" nBoth 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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