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5月份 爱城房地产报告' a4 `3 i1 q- J) H: [
) G4 W; g3 c- @& D: |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 2006.5 D( m& h" e, X& @
$ v# P! ?. k* }9 g5 uSales 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.) L: e; R( d$ |3 u- i2 j: Q
1 [, s4 A$ I+ T3 o. p1 ?With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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+ I" x' H$ B* V; A. IBuyers 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.! H; w: p1 d6 u* @/ S& Z8 a% N
+ t& _4 T C% O) ]* h J# N. HThey 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 $266,100.
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* Q/ W$ b- ?$ m/ W' E( ?ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.6 A- c. S0 u5 y# O' S+ F$ C/ [
" S: a: g; Q0 Z( l% @+ pComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,; K$ P& Z1 O$ m7 o
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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+ c6 v& `% r+ s3 Z1 c. mBut 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./ [; h1 h( ?$ J
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"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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