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5月份 爱城房地产报告1 i5 |% ~9 Z0 T) t
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.: | E2 l; s* l3 W" I
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.+ u! t$ D4 r* B- Y+ s5 I9 M+ ^/ s
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.5 z p1 B3 p4 V( b
4 K9 e( g |, Q) X% \Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.1 K( L% _8 K& |
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.& `$ \0 _, B) V$ l3 i0 H% }
1 I9 w {/ F1 r9 e2 F8 ZThey 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 $266,100.
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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1 u# H" k' W7 U$ i1 ]) tComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,7 {" {% p0 Z- H" b
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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! U, ~+ m0 I% w" 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.) V" g/ K6 n) q4 K8 E- Q% w
# B0 \8 A" Y" {9 V8 b8 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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