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爱城MLS库存量已达11000套

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发表于 2008-6-4 07:10 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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MLS inventory hits 11,000  l% i7 o0 }2 n
Record number of homes for sale 21/2 times greater than last June's lineup
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6 ]+ c; Q# V0 rBill Mah, The Edmonton Journal9 Y% j& n2 j: n3 r3 H
Published: 1:33 am1 e+ Q- d  a8 r- |. o
EDMONTON - A record glut of Edmonton-area homes for sale shows no signs of shrinking soon.+ L3 ^/ e5 `; }7 R& @
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At the end of May, 11,006 residential properties sat unsold on the Edmonton Multiple Listing Service, according to monthly statistics released Tuesday by the Realtors Association of Edmonton.4 K* b! m/ X# X* v

. ]$ ~% P; O8 H: iThat's up 400 homes from a month ago, and 21/2 times the inventory of the same time last year. At the current pace of home sales, that amounts to a six-month supply, twice the normal inventory.
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Good news, if you're a buyer. For sellers, it means waiting an average of 53 days for a sale -- up one day from April.2 [9 f1 |- g) T) |) o
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"It's a great time right now to be purchasing, because the selection has never been better and the interest rates are low," association president Marc Perras said.# W) j/ n7 {0 d$ ?8 u0 t

3 p- _, Z' U- Y  KPerras predicted the surplus will shrink to about 8,000 by the fall as homes sell or multiple homeowners rent out extra homes instead of trying to sell them.3 q. R- o( ^# z& {$ N

, t' m3 @2 x3 ]5 J6 _In May, 4,294 homes were added to the listings inventory and 1,821 homes sold. May sales were higher than same-month sales in 2003 and 2004, but fell short of May sales for 2005 to 2007, during a real estate boom.4 {1 K! b! n6 ?1 H! A/ p

" w6 A; ]- a: ^6 ~( RDespite plummeting demand, prices have remained relatively stable.
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3 N, u0 u* g- j" N  p  r: i1 C/ b: vPerras forecasts home prices will rise by an average of four per cent by year's end.
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8 J, m/ ]9 U: IIn May, the average (mean) price for all types of homes rose one per cent from April to $340,499. That price is down about four per cent from a year ago.
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; e9 X9 c  O7 u0 G0 zThe May average selling price for a single-family dwelling was $383,167 -- down about 10 per cent from May last year.) J7 Q! b% K: K2 h) c9 K
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The median -- middle figure in a list of all sale prices -- selling price for a single-family home in May was $365,000, down 8.75 per cent year-over-year.
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The average selling price for condos was $260,837 in May, down nearly two per cent from the same month last year.
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Paul Messinger, a University of Alberta marketing professor, said the Edmonton real estate market appears to be following an economic model that says in times of high demand, prices get bid up rapidly.
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Prices are slower to drop when demand falls.
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"Now, when we are back closer to historical patterns, we see an adjustment where the slack is taken up not by price but by the inventory," Messinger said.5 Y- w/ \, Z0 S/ T( F; q
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"For years, Edmonton was one of the best real estate values in the country. Now we are much more in line with the rest of Canada in terms of price."9 i+ E5 }! m, c* y( ^. h" _

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发表于 2008-6-4 16:16 | 显示全部楼层
good....let's wait
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发表于 2008-6-4 17:49 | 显示全部楼层
let's wait  until the market crashes to the bottom.
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发表于 2008-6-4 20:14 | 显示全部楼层
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哪位高人给解释解释阿?
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发表于 2008-6-5 10:00 | 显示全部楼层
原帖由 flagship 于 2008-6-5 08:59 发表
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$ b: K+ v4 o( n+ X) t& e哪位高人给解释解释阿?

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as one leader of Realtor Association said last year house owners list their house in summer for fun.: l' j# \2 S, A* a2 j9 c7 T
and house price will go up absolutely.
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