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5月份 爱城房地产报告( r9 F: q8 b6 e6 m6 n4 \
* t4 E7 ?8 l b, P IEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.7 ?5 m& P z) C; n
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.
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F1 a' L' j" M7 N0 f: EWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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% E( S) t' z( f' k5 X3 yBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.. D) {, S( J6 k; c- y' }, g
, j: i7 s) e/ f& l) w$ EBut 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 $266,100.
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.$ y& t+ C; L: P/ e* l
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,1 f; @# Y& p4 J6 x
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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But fears of higher interest rates have hurt confidence among Alberta business leaders and consumers -- especially about home buying -- in a new survey for PricewaterhouseCoopers, released Monday.( ?- V' k1 k8 o: |
& Q: T8 F+ V6 t$ |3 O"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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