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5月份 爱城房地产报告6 i0 h. z+ S; f X$ Q L
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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.% Y) k. i8 {7 x' J- I. @; u
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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.( P* X! W! D' n7 k8 J
$ v! _# |) R0 L) b6 Z& K1 XSales 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 D$ w8 p% }0 M& X+ G! }0 B
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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* U8 }4 D+ |5 H7 p, w5 `2 s* ]Buyers 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.
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# d. t& D3 H# d V9 \+ |: M& @0 y% ^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 $266,100.
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5 W; M \& z. `& _- C" Y/ UComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.3 L4 @; e b8 c, i% ?& Z$ d/ V
) U |0 j; t8 j: d# \$ R, \3 j) TComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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: X! f& z! H4 H' R( R% d/ `Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.' p7 n [# g! R5 I2 G7 v. ~
. C2 M/ o0 @' Y7 ]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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& P% k9 K; E5 a/ 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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