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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 $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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( y' l) Q" d4 |: WThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.; e N% Q2 ]. A2 `/ U: g' ?6 J
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.6 J S w; G2 g; N8 g
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.8 B! [7 n. ~1 X7 n) o! D, O
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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+ \$ G$ q% n! x4 c$ l& LBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.1 T- F5 P7 |; k M1 s8 I _+ D% h
' Q6 n) h J: sThey 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 $266,100.4 ?8 ?5 T/ _ v' c6 _% T
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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% z8 G. |$ c; r$ ^9 N/ a2 i) QComFree 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.: ^- m- v9 }) b9 ^4 G
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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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"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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