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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 $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007." R4 P( }' f4 Z) B5 f
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.
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0 c3 E; a( g- ?7 b0 ~ n6 e" gWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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) Q* s4 K% J v$ X" Z% l& N3 @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 $400 per day. Q. s& ^9 v% C$ J' q3 s
/ y/ l% N6 ]& r6 ZThey 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 $266,100.
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May." I$ }3 B4 v9 Y: h: Z( X' L( ^3 H
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,+ q8 n$ f2 ~7 O" q
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold., N: B/ [3 ]% `# u' V5 e
2 y5 |& W# X" D0 b6 Q7 m/ NBut 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.9 Y! C& A. c+ P z- G, E% X* g1 H5 w
. n3 l6 |9 {/ c! o9 [8 D"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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