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5月份 爱城房地产报告" g+ b* q" B4 p) c# e* U
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.# q( f1 p) j& u+ N4 e
8 l$ Y. z3 `/ V5 X- m- xSales 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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9 B4 `5 [) p% o" T q# D- r$ n* eWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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+ L+ Y' |; { p, `# |" `Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.# ~* I* A% ?/ q( @$ Y S
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.( l: ] L7 I6 D8 u9 k8 s
8 ] Z1 s3 n3 R0 r0 RThey 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 $266,100.
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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! B$ L9 Y: w8 p$ ]* w, BComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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m0 L( w8 m `2 f" yBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold. o& |9 x8 @' S# u u' r
5 }( a" f) s& n3 N0 B2 [* RBut 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.; |) a, H! ^9 ]1 q) T
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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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