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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 $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.; d4 Q2 O1 w& ?6 f' N9 N
. w! N# J+ i1 S9 Z' }" [, M1 \6 ^That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.5 H3 Q7 ~& b3 \
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.. x0 j# g0 P2 N; X+ c+ M) ], X
7 b5 F3 j& M! q/ q- L7 y* G& QBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday." @* p, S+ ^: o3 w$ d% |$ P: Z: d8 g
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day./ G4 z* c Z' M+ O" O
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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.
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2 d: b' u- V9 Y( U7 d, [ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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" C5 }# O9 ^( ?( dComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.2 V' O. D! l; l# E ?: j+ @
, D! ^% E* }$ bBut 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./ j9 l7 H) q7 \. [$ }
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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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