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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 $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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{9 C; {$ R6 Z: H# V( H/ D4 T) _* Z1 jThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.9 {! V. ^& \% g9 m% _5 D+ e6 |
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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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2 a+ j: ^1 \! D: M- x8 |With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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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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+ X6 d8 o2 `! gBut 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.. `& e7 D6 R1 L& [' U5 Z( ~
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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4 z& q# M# m! ]6 t# _# ]ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,; o9 G Y! `1 S# S: F
; Z, q$ N* N |, _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.
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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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