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5月份 爱城房地产报告9 ^$ n, s% P* f5 o) F
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007., T3 J" S6 @% a( p7 ~- y
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.* @! V# H+ I% n$ Z) n
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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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& X" j) D' @5 d( M( ZWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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7 N/ Q! R. b$ z5 tBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.0 f4 e/ ~+ g7 F* w
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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.
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" a& t# Q# V% I! g- U& F/ OComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.) p7 R' E6 }: b
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,! E4 g% G% k9 k$ o4 `5 J
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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.1 q5 T+ U4 b" H1 L
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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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