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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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' z3 o4 Z; W3 K# s, T5 ?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.
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% p+ D) Q+ j+ R0 E% KWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.% V- q |/ P, B9 l! |6 u7 [
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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4 d# ]( i; q1 m3 z0 J9 F2 l* ^/ xBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.' _6 C" S( C j
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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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- U, `6 I6 Y0 |+ rComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,) s3 m# \( y% t* ~" l& L
9 c7 B5 n* }2 b% z4 DBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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- F; W* [( r. M" H( R8 o! YBut 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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d8 y& S$ z- t7 {# n/ `"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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