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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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6 z' ~" v7 a& z) @' S% R2 fEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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8 J, g; Q6 F, tThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.: {" f( s3 T6 D% B8 ?0 Y3 v. E
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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! _8 t2 u4 v% N2 j2 ]4 f: F$ uBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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7 E3 ]8 m, E |But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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9 h: P4 @; _2 nThey 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.% [. ^" Q, d2 ?2 I1 I
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ComFree, 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,* c2 N+ S1 ^# G" q' Y. Z
9 p/ Z8 ^8 v; U' R* s- G SBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.0 u; A( ^% l5 l! b n9 q" ]0 w
3 W: n! h5 [! C' h5 TBut 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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