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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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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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, r; q" y' q( zSales 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.1 |; m+ T1 o1 f1 a
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.8 j& t& B7 ~0 w. \8 x/ O
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* [# K4 V7 s! TThey 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.- S; W/ Y2 o1 I- W
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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, X# M* T/ Y, `. |
3 a; ]: ^# m! y7 q! XBoth 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.+ n6 \+ D8 V. ^9 n9 t
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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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