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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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0 r. d' Z' ], v" E1 JEDMONTON - 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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) u" `. v/ T7 w' gThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.7 m. d6 N2 B9 R. I, P3 t, Q' b0 A& N
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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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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.1 a, |7 N7 R7 H: x: D
0 s3 i+ c9 E! e9 P4 ^: ^, o1 I5 N& |But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.8 x7 [8 ]& @- K
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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.# q6 _4 _' ?7 J# p: l; _ }2 I" W' U
, B5 m% a2 m1 f; L7 W' W* z' |& V: bComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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- Y) J# ^1 c8 ]6 L8 j: hComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,8 O, F8 t2 o u1 j K0 M% I' y( t% ~
- m" t( u; s8 A0 b5 H' e, ]: ^$ l3 pBoth 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.
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& M9 Y. N; `$ F; Q9 q; ^# @+ {2 B/ F"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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