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5月份 爱城房地产报告7 f/ W2 `& A5 L( z1 C+ f
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007." n) \0 M+ ?. A3 o; h/ e
* F# Y! H9 b+ f) mThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.7 [' G6 s& ]5 J4 t
' X& E/ D$ f- I+ I: }8 F' XWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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' i0 W) S& O3 GBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.! _3 d3 P) d4 @
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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d8 {0 {1 l% P: {( s# eThey 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 O I `0 w0 ~: A0 A
9 w. ]6 D/ A% G5 o9 wComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.& d9 _. a1 t5 `- z/ e; F
: z% ]/ Y; W) m- x2 CComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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3 O! i& K. ?1 g# c# {. V) u! XBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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@# s) d% ]6 y1 W! S GBut 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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/ }# }; Z; ?; y) H1 N"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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