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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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m9 l" c7 o8 h1 `% y" jEDMONTON - 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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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.1 d% C& c2 M7 r: o4 [% A4 o: ^3 ]: w2 j
* g, g3 }# E2 b) \* dSales 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.* q8 {4 i1 X1 U9 r! P6 n) g
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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, a3 |2 m) Z3 f1 Q6 P0 e( h WBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day." g0 t2 s0 e% X, U, a5 A2 t* G
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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 $266,100.
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.( S9 i% W" O$ X9 z: m
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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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7 z- _5 b2 x: \& c! v: xBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.* d7 U. l4 j4 b# L4 r7 m4 y) ^
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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.+ Q: o# Y" s0 m; m
. d! a( w% O! c. g"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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