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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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: h. |6 e5 V& }EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.3 ` ^8 o1 s* r* Y
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.5 t, {3 D: D; C* \' g
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.7 V$ e8 s. d1 Y9 T. p
( ^8 G4 d+ A! s0 e6 c: bBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.5 n- }+ j/ W7 N# ~) w% V7 y
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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 $266,100.7 ^5 ~9 L! L6 h. H. x, V0 C7 B
( J: g6 p+ M! L/ }$ y6 q- KComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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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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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.7 \7 K3 c+ P; E, M0 j7 L8 ?
: x% P1 [( v& ? U1 z B) X- t" m"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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