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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 $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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. W& D9 v- [2 m2 O" T& ^) ]( A- BThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006. m) Y6 m) o4 R& ~) m: d; u
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April., r# D& V. \4 c* U/ h
+ A- R7 _* l$ F( hWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.; l# f t7 \8 c9 }/ w: `3 c
0 Z/ z/ }+ ?5 ^Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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) ^) M% }1 N; `/ Z6 h) ?But 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 $266,100.& g! B) V6 q5 S$ Z9 c; P- y9 U
7 e X" O4 E5 X! h4 i* L- YComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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5 t: O6 ~+ m L }- Q- ^" VComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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4 D5 I6 f) D+ N: x( e2 v0 sBut fears of higher interest rates have hurt confidence among Alberta business leaders and consumers -- especially about home buying -- in a new survey for PricewaterhouseCoopers, released Monday.+ W$ @' @( T0 D Z( P! G
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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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