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5月份 爱城房地产报告; Z: M/ S: x% ^2 A* U
5 \5 h' o6 W) S e# \EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.& a5 W( S: k$ X5 q2 v. `9 `4 E) u
9 T8 U8 ~2 {: a5 L- kThat'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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2 }# U3 t8 r8 @- l6 B0 d9 Z* XWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.$ O7 p* |- U0 c8 ^8 {
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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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1 G* g) G* V' g! }7 zBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.( u5 A) L; v. E( K' S2 C& x
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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 $266,100./ y( A& j0 ]& a4 K/ c
! y) H' f2 R, nComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.2 j$ o# L1 ?5 d
8 J: Y* j) P5 e3 s n, v9 F R/ u4 |ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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: ]& U6 k# B1 X# F- J! S$ oBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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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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5 S Y M; b3 e& v9 ], T"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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