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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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( p# u+ l1 v1 O( R8 nEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.8 o% ]; A# ^5 a" a$ D$ B4 f1 G
9 g5 v1 s; P) AThat'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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' S6 C) x/ U, {9 rWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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2 l* l. j3 ]% l9 W( o; ?0 {Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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$ B) W1 |& o5 V3 bBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.* a6 ~. ]3 E8 P. z
( K2 n$ ~% {/ tThey 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 $266,100.3 ~- d, F& t& u( ~! k' b
& B5 d4 |8 E: z9 N+ U6 g U* XComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.1 [' R3 F! y8 w/ P
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.2 t$ D1 E% n4 A# h
6 m1 N9 a- J2 `: iBut 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.7 j2 A! q8 R9 E1 w; E: B
+ T6 Z3 N2 U9 E"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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