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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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7 ]6 h9 W B9 f' U9 \+ xEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.0 K. z) j$ U! N
0 ?" n: T8 M+ f+ d/ CThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.' [ g! N! E' F' j
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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., V5 x; S* i0 t/ K
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.' q9 a2 F$ x6 w% V
$ b+ k5 L& k. ~6 k0 K6 ^$ |, W# ABuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.% l6 L" v4 q3 f- P: V7 v6 R
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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 $266,100.( i0 ?; I5 U9 i
: V7 d# I E/ N1 o4 k! f/ ~ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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+ W; ^2 W8 G3 L$ I; M0 T! bComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million," d# j* M( A J3 P" Z& j. Q
], F- _& ^* y, TBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.+ P/ P; b% {6 ^. s% T
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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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