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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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/ i2 j0 o: I$ Q3 GEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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& V% Q4 r! I9 O% Z3 r% l/ \6 oSales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.# I& l2 }" P. \8 b5 ?4 i4 w
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.& F2 a# I \, g; A) f
: [, u( u: w$ ~. a2 o7 T2 d3 [8 M* BBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.7 A$ f2 W% B7 k! Q7 l
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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 $266,100. o5 ]: t/ f% b
% h, \, ~- \2 s0 c9 c, O+ L9 b1 jComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.8 h* H$ O3 O' f# n8 B# y( e4 j* _
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million," X. B3 q: a% b: Y" y% {2 Y9 C$ J
. f- f6 e( N" I2 g, T$ Q, gBoth 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.& P" n+ I8 I7 R& q, N% {/ [- o* f
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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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