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5月份 爱城房地产报告( }9 i2 E+ ?, i/ ?8 c- z
8 A2 B O0 \. C& @EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.
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( C( S$ y# b4 V% J5 P7 G r! I! {With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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4 D5 a3 s) i/ x( G" wBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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3 N7 }, ~5 g& G# ^ qBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.& p+ Q9 \, ]( c# T. j* H% ]
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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 $266,100.3 O# l. f5 ?" ^8 }3 Z: o" G: d
1 }$ _' k7 w. ^ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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8 Z) X& F( u3 y$ cComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,& X+ {7 f% A$ a+ P1 y1 ]
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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8 @" k+ B2 W u, t- W; TBut 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.: s; n" ~& k& [7 | u g- j
% j9 F" ?5 K/ [, m& d( u' r& S: u' ~"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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