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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 $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.2 ^& h; }$ Z# |: E* w
6 F% f" M d8 k2 g" cThat'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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' w0 q- f: b5 x fSales 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.( h- ~, z/ x4 Y6 q
0 c( m7 y- t$ p% B, M3 ^8 m$ YWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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2 j! q% y7 U3 d; `9 jBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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; }! m6 q% U7 F, p. g5 h6 z9 N" nBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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, E9 K i- \8 P7 g1 d& h9 ~: J2 }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./ b: c0 ~: {: c. t& L% q
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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' F. I: Q ]1 O8 VComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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5 S; D, e4 D5 I. ^+ _' _. ABoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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But fears of higher interest rates have hurt confidence among Alberta business leaders and consumers -- especially about home buying -- in a new survey for PricewaterhouseCoopers, released Monday.. _6 _3 t. i) a$ O
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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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