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5月份 爱城房地产报告( H$ Y7 y2 g- o: Q+ e, O9 x; o
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.+ S. T, _9 ?: a% I" K, ]1 P
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.
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, W& [! L f# I" l* f% h$ tWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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4 ]# { r# h2 Y5 X, h1 k7 T9 O( JBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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. y% T7 C6 Q6 V8 T8 E& xBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.0 {0 i$ q% ^4 g7 s& l
5 r, k* J: j8 V' A5 ?! IThey 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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. y0 f5 Y2 V& sComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.9 S. \+ g( Y3 C. U
6 \# [& c6 I1 ~/ }/ n. FComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,* T0 X; o8 F4 U0 x! T& `- J
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.4 w8 I2 ~6 L. q! c0 O) ~
9 G9 \9 f# W& gBut fears of higher interest rates have hurt confidence among Alberta business leaders and consumers -- especially about home buying -- in a new survey for PricewaterhouseCoopers, released Monday." B& R$ u. M8 r
- _# n7 ?. x5 N. v3 i+ m"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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