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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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1 `" b, K0 D j3 dEDMONTON - 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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9 |8 p H. P& B6 P' qThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.: J: q. }! k6 C" a7 y; ]8 s
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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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+ J6 x2 q. o' K+ X3 x( N4 hWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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7 V8 e7 F4 {" w: a% C/ b" GBuyers 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.( a0 f7 I1 P, k4 { b' O4 Y
& |+ Y+ t- o3 E9 I5 h( ^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 $266,100.
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.! h6 E0 k( g5 @
4 W* B$ c2 ~" W/ v, xComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,+ W7 X# P [+ W. I5 i
b4 o$ o+ g N0 kBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.: _* \4 H4 z* P
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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.* P( X/ Y& r/ ~( Q Y6 k! D
h" J6 ?. q$ @0 l& m( u"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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