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5月份 爱城房地产报告( B7 `1 U e" [& G, {" x
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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.- ?. T9 R3 D0 e2 w6 `
* n+ h1 \+ a. n: N+ JThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.* C; o K# O5 i% ]# r7 @/ F
& E# l* p, T5 T6 l5 r! HSales 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.! p7 i3 P" o" L. a. ^" I
, X+ Z* i6 t" c# }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.
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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- Y6 a1 `5 B% z: W4 ~( e3 UThey 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 $266,100.
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' M! b! P) v8 W- W2 GComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.# e0 z# o& H% u0 t$ t
( E. Y( S Q4 K V+ wComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,9 N6 }' |/ B; l: `
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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& @9 n# S+ {9 l+ b7 |8 U5 ABut 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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