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5月份 爱城房地产报告& I$ q1 p, V! l1 c) d- C" A" ?
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.. T0 m N6 f2 C& ^, o# V' d. f! G
! }7 ]. X; f/ ~0 ?# [! SThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.+ L" `6 w6 b0 `2 c5 c
. S/ i+ |9 t. h* i, gWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.5 d- \0 [& W0 V$ n8 _8 z8 i
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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+ B O4 p6 k3 |. [# Q) rBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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2 Y& O$ m8 D; I% G# L- IThey 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. `9 j# U( d0 |0 C
- ^/ m' }: g QComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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" a, K4 V" v0 Z: p y2 W# F; @ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,* A. K3 y2 Y0 a9 V+ U _7 q
! B# i) ^) z0 O b# _& d! s6 jBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold./ {3 i8 r& X- D! o$ g( D" _' r
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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.
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+ M7 Z% l+ p% y: J# I. |"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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