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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.; G+ X# M9 _9 |8 U5 ^" I/ k
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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.9 \& L: p' h# J* s& Y2 F6 g8 v0 x* {7 u
+ h6 Y9 D- d0 |7 OWith 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.' d C# D' k& W
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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& M: U: L9 W4 ], t, c2 Z# b% d! 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.
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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0 S+ N# P4 ?; e9 Z- P4 l" b4 ?5 D" ]ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,/ A; X0 {. Q5 V
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold. U3 \" M5 c2 l6 T& U
: O6 Q% i2 S1 \8 IBut fears of higher interest rates have hurt confidence among Alberta business leaders and consumers -- especially about home buying -- in a new survey for PricewaterhouseCoopers, released Monday.7 i: R2 X. ^2 N$ E K1 l/ a6 ?
- q7 a% C1 b. P/ s% ?0 `1 l: l3 g"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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