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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 $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.5 j6 o9 X& R/ ~8 s+ K( t8 n
( Z3 i1 o; I# u0 z. GThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.( f2 K, D" n- d2 u, f: l
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.8 u# p* z; @, x) ?2 }2 C0 H
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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! m, }$ ]! V7 @Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.1 v5 C% R6 K) I$ _1 p8 e
9 o8 |- W. D5 A0 |4 r$ U: NBut 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.' U# N5 P5 [) I6 g3 p
' @ |2 ~7 g. }0 `+ I; L0 f2 vComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.' ? F8 ]+ P5 `9 F1 w! q9 T
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,! Q. B/ F, [7 c2 z1 q( O( q+ v5 w, K* o
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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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