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5月份 爱城房地产报告8 E8 [2 f& }& o
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.0 }6 H' w2 T% P& e
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.. F& {0 _4 o/ L: N7 V6 D" g4 |
; r% B& C; f1 G8 [7 qWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.! S) P, D- C; m! w' I
0 y$ m; M6 T# RBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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9 S( e6 A. `- _3 \0 }: qThey 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.: c. h/ z! u8 i1 E8 ~2 d
" b ]0 p6 m* oComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May. O4 Y3 z; X- b
" H* P) a# T+ N6 v% AComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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/ O2 G% F `- c9 J! \Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold. P' s% S! ~5 m8 ]4 ~' s
* G! c8 N$ x5 T9 qBut 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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6 p: N: Z0 n# o C3 V1 B$ C0 m Y `"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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