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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 $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.' M8 M1 F* J q7 ?9 U
2 P7 B4 y2 H1 x! o; XThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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( i1 U3 \% ~0 c& V3 rSales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.0 Z, ?& `8 `( d) P
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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2 R' F, d3 N5 i$ m6 s+ D; J/ cBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.% y) e2 z: P& C; c# n
6 x5 k" a9 j7 QThey 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.* V/ C6 c: `/ ]8 r8 Q
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.* ?9 O* d4 S6 I, W
u9 n* R8 ?' R, W7 P( ]0 VComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,% a& Q* P" Q2 f$ V
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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1 A3 I) ?4 }) C( b: k, IBut 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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# y) K7 \; c9 M1 B5 I: O4 ]"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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