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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.4 _7 q* D4 a( b! G7 B6 A
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.; Q8 u0 H# b6 y9 m) w- ^5 d+ [
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.$ V4 S3 t- x8 b% c( Z
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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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.! m6 [: b# b8 V. @# n) Z5 x
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.8 C1 j1 [; [1 E
, j- u" Y# q, f8 k- j FBut fears of higher interest rates have hurt confidence among Alberta business leaders and consumers -- especially about home buying -- in a new survey for PricewaterhouseCoopers, released Monday.
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& @$ L4 g, h/ S5 l! K/ {"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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