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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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, x2 I8 S; d) s2 U+ x" |' [EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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6 e, g5 U7 ~. `% A+ O# M4 \That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April., I& F( i' C6 M; E, u' E/ g2 C
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.# p. z. ^7 ~+ o. t8 I
8 |5 a1 M/ y+ L6 j+ X$ u, nBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.3 w- B7 M' H3 ~, t4 l+ p
' T7 e. d% c0 RBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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) o. \* k3 ?+ X- Y" P: QThey 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 $266,100.2 [, y# y2 a8 I
1 T O# U/ Q3 f' ~: e/ c2 FComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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8 N: S9 e! E Z2 KComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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+ ]) w" V5 q" gBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.1 V1 |5 V3 A' R1 L/ i0 E
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But fears of higher interest rates have hurt confidence among Alberta business leaders and consumers -- especially about home buying -- in a new survey for PricewaterhouseCoopers, released Monday.0 c! H$ o: V% l2 [. }
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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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