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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.' D' B: R& d( P {! w1 p
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! [) z9 ^) N2 ]) _9 kSales 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.' u( O/ h: W8 T4 W# v2 E
$ b! y/ K$ k1 k* b1 q" DWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.' G& S; a) s/ |+ h, q# ~1 r
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.; B- S- F5 K: w+ d( e) m
5 A% K/ U1 |) l+ z! CBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.. M1 x b- _. a* [! F
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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 $266,100.7 E; a$ V* D% ?0 E3 }- [: ~
) j$ o/ S3 C4 z* f; l4 O TComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.1 r6 x4 c' h& f& P2 p3 Y% a* C0 V
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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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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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: T5 ?5 N7 x( L3 l"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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