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5月份 爱城房地产报告. J' n8 |/ \ r! F2 q/ X
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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.' G, x, l- G9 @
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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.4 B" g7 i) ~3 b+ u
# J: Q }& h5 ^* R2 c3 X4 T% h* UWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.3 Z8 }5 g3 f! R6 ~
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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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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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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." W4 V4 X6 O' o/ g! ^! z) q
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ComFree, 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 $207.5 million,8 y/ O0 O! k5 v% O
" M" {/ m8 @: wBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold. H* H' A* S/ r9 M) {( K
1 p" Q" V, X$ c6 MBut 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.! T% w% B& B% ^# ]4 e- [" E- y/ w
8 F+ r; i3 p3 \' X q/ A"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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