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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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$ a' j% ?) j% [EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.0 r: q3 ]' H5 V' R
: i- P- E& Y4 \, f9 `* h" o. h( ~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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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.
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8 Y Y7 z+ [# X, \7 KWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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: G# x4 E+ C H: ~; HBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday. Q3 V# I/ ]" z7 C m6 y
8 P" |/ l6 [) N# V' H9 \But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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: p& I: _3 L9 w7 wThey 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 $266,100.
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3 Y7 Z3 ?1 e4 h$ M$ _ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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1 D& d$ B9 x- V# f' P" [8 H: v( zComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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j* }$ G) K9 v& u/ Z- \Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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% W) _) L) @* z8 ? g8 v 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.; _. {5 J6 G" @
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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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