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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 $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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" j8 D+ W' c: wThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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& z4 _5 ?4 a) b! TSales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.
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7 z9 p; q1 @5 W* r; N$ x7 `With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.; V2 Y) h0 K: l j! x
4 o( g. _ F# ~# ?: i# c& JBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.# ?) E7 y$ ^9 W( X: N
6 |" `; g6 l/ w9 `* _3 eBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.+ |7 N2 R$ V: A! b& q1 k
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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.
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.! \" _9 G5 Y6 r H: J' H" o' P( l7 V( h
7 h: ?2 y/ ~" m5 bComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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Both 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.* D) t# u4 Y- m( u% A
5 P( V" d0 t2 X, {% {"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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