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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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( e& T/ ^% X* x( c8 \+ D+ dEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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5 P: n3 d6 J- j8 LThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.+ Y9 q6 y9 D) P" _0 C. u/ |
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April., m! O) t: N# B6 r* i
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.5 X+ J$ `& o/ J8 s% @
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.+ b* m# o, p) s6 ]5 C" i) i+ l3 l8 h
( j9 i) R" U& B+ hBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.: M+ u. B7 I9 j
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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 $266,100.
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. `, f, G8 X( y3 v7 D$ k1 Y0 |ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.1 N: |9 z0 w- k+ U0 {, K ]
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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: t/ x4 _: u0 r8 q) R2 u1 ]# sBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.( I1 c. q8 j& j1 Q" C
+ F- m) j e4 S$ [$ {; w, q+ f7 ^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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"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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