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5月份 爱城房地产报告( x8 k0 A, @4 p2 d) A1 k) c3 ^
4 i. ?: X# @4 \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." \ s7 Y0 K% t( Z. _
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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.! l3 C1 E- }" l1 z8 {
+ L1 m; n% X8 w5 UWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.: v" `# _& Z& f
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.0 E+ O3 _6 d* C( c. k; r1 C+ p
9 D7 D( [7 w0 @8 U7 g3 N9 C5 wBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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/ s' g4 e* {9 `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 $266,100.0 q3 I8 B/ f" B5 Q5 T4 r
3 t; r$ X' G% {( w5 h/ cComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,2 S9 t9 b. I7 M& E* X0 \
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.4 ~8 a: j, f* |# T3 b
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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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