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5月份 爱城房地产报告8 E$ X6 c @4 i: Y' l4 [& N" `. I
. i$ |" g$ n/ z% v) d3 |$ X0 mEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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: R8 q+ r+ V( N7 b; `Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.6 r( e" z* n# }5 s) Y$ w3 Y1 o/ l% d8 X
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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+ L. ]- F/ _3 ^: q2 L5 OBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.% }7 u4 C0 t; o. m
% J* {8 k s% V! \4 ]* j8 qThey 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 $266,100.7 ?$ |) ^% U7 V" k& R c
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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; x% w, `* E" {2 y0 C6 |ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,0 } z: r1 s. F ^
- l# Z1 m# y; ?" MBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.$ l, M3 |# U9 I; S6 X
$ s5 Y' j) G/ w( X( c- CBut 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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+ y( Z, M+ n3 S ^2 m"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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