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5月份 爱城房地产报告+ R3 |" Y1 _4 _9 v* e
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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 2006.7 O- u( {. ~8 P, {. P/ M
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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 c" J. x1 r0 f* h0 \, x, J
. o5 y. o1 M' ^+ fWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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" ]+ l5 L* _. A; E5 XBuyers 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.* \. V+ D. ^+ y
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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 $266,100.
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$ p: v6 _# `/ P0 t; G" C! PComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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5 n f+ Q0 t* d$ h2 g* |! G! dComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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But fears of higher interest rates have hurt confidence among Alberta business leaders and consumers -- especially about home buying -- in a new survey for PricewaterhouseCoopers, released Monday.$ o5 T! |1 Z, D% _
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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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