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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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3 L$ O$ R# r7 J) n+ CEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.' l9 |, U3 ^ k
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006. I; i! T+ |! V7 |
" w( t, g: g7 f! lSales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.
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' O0 {4 }7 i5 \! {' V/ ^( yWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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2 b2 g, H( P7 u7 |Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.2 S: U# z4 y! i
+ n$ e% @3 ?+ t6 RBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.6 c E! W9 y8 F7 F! L) R2 S
; N3 @+ r+ k0 Z+ mThey 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.
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0 T U; `0 {7 h( I- d8 Z' J6 `ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May., r# Y0 D' k; K
2 u: e1 Z# n+ O4 O. V8 GComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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# Z- q h! _3 N9 j& k, V& XBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.: ^: d& ?7 M5 k- J8 z# w) \; N( ]- J
9 m/ a5 {; P, z) a7 w( pBut 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.# J _* |8 K/ H9 H
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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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