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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 $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.! \2 Q) ~* _& }! U
# Q d6 v* L7 [1 |, a4 N/ LThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.6 x0 Z( t0 h6 [2 W, Q
2 A6 G- R/ \$ `/ oSales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.
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8 _/ q) E7 \3 h3 R9 O pWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.* @' u9 D- W3 G' R: x( N" i
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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; Q1 z2 a$ q/ K$ a, A- C6 k1 o, }But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.% z; c5 c( }5 C/ u4 @. r L7 \" _$ h, _
- t7 j- L: r* J; e" h: L* b% eThey 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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+ D' Q# K7 v( R" z6 }6 e6 ZComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.* p6 N8 w3 O* E+ ^! J) N& I( [
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million, ^$ Z9 ~5 M& ?: q$ Z
# ^7 I& `8 i, A1 l) v. U+ O8 r+ ?Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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1 K& H: l: s7 ]( T) P ]( SBut 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." P) k- d/ S) S A, i' o
( M+ i+ Z. v4 I5 T% x( V"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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