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5月份 爱城房地产报告3 x# S( W8 X' m* H, @# j
, ?& W) ~$ K; O. v3 jEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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$ t7 r' Z5 U( O4 }+ K7 j& pSales 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.- a% U+ r3 |) e4 d
E3 B; k4 g) T7 S1 S' ~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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0 A$ u3 L- i! eBut 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.! g0 L' m+ A/ b0 m
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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9 _/ p( ~: U' f7 y/ }( z4 w4 iBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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) a W0 e% f, Y3 G7 eBut 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.1 D6 Y( v, p* m
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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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