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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 $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007. Q G) V, z2 b( z
# s' {. S; G, o7 P4 z% m. FThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.* Y6 |- ? @' b. X1 |2 P ?
8 _# a* ]% `! `: c- q# P X% ?Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.. i9 h$ O/ L# H" T* | U% B
7 ?* K' e4 f, L4 G' T6 F+ g1 w3 jWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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5 x$ j! R2 e$ y% _: `( DBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.; w3 q3 i9 i9 N6 _
6 B: |5 o& c q/ S' ?4 I" CBut 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 $266,100.% t8 L' P! X/ u, R( G' j
% q9 B' y: z1 K/ u8 ?7 OComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.# Q9 _$ B; D2 R: U
: c: l/ H) ^8 ?! o* a) }ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,* x, e7 l; y6 n
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.# t* _; r9 o: E; l! @) ~& k
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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.
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: e* \7 Y" Y! J. N5 \"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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