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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 $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.% J- X2 B& e6 V: w( D
8 t0 m1 O& K0 L* U% r8 c' D/ H, R3 r: GThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April./ @; K6 a( v; ^ x
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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% ]6 w+ A$ [( l! q8 NBuyers 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.
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* f/ h7 N6 M7 e. uThey 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.+ T. O4 W# p" L
) A; W( V/ j' ~+ P" [7 j# C* dComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.* A3 b5 w& o- q q
5 a* Y( M5 |% V g5 e# W0 |ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,, I0 t6 w* r B' D0 B
4 M! ~- y9 i6 D. `: V0 r, ~9 i. j$ ]Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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w+ I, M, i G+ q& PBut 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.
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1 @2 |1 c, y3 e$ j H# T"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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