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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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- ^* o" @+ [! f1 sEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006." k, ?* s& x: R. x( j! _6 H; g
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.* z3 M4 n0 d$ `% T3 L2 ?$ ?. g
& J3 G6 `$ X: m/ W( W% t- NBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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" w5 k8 s. f5 DThey 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 $266,100.4 h" K r3 n9 n5 l1 y: U
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.# S" g' L; Z' F: N
+ h9 K5 w2 \& vComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,( u% v! H7 o! s, K& S: s7 Y
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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+ Z X, V" b# w7 j' R' TBut 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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- F* j8 }+ M+ ]' e) H8 P! \"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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