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5月份 爱城房地产报告! M! u4 d( Y6 p ^4 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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- c0 ~4 x2 ^8 i' C+ j2 a9 B. c! {3 qThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.; i8 H% ?. g7 m, l4 V
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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." k' u- [; S2 D
, w8 B& Q# x8 ]4 z% }% gWith 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.
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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2 H# P: w% m2 o3 |4 p 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 $266,100.8 X$ J# L, u1 G; {6 N5 \+ D e
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.0 w k$ J0 C2 P( ]
$ \6 C+ d. X5 { [, z. Y4 XComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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4 n' B2 ^: E2 r3 ]Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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% F* r! v. d# B. lBut fears of higher interest rates have hurt confidence among Alberta business leaders and consumers -- especially about home buying -- in a new survey for PricewaterhouseCoopers, released Monday.
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* h$ W9 B" |& q7 I$ j"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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