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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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0 @3 }) x& n" ~2 r3 B" ^! Z" NEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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! W0 J. h# f1 o. LThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.2 E5 n. y2 n' b" x$ v; d! k
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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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) e p8 A I- m3 ~/ r7 w0 B& hWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.9 o- k2 X! H* A
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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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& G( V9 j9 s3 z# H3 b" k, CBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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0 c) N. }0 C* r. D% C7 eThey 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 $266,100.: s; J; h; R2 F
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.* g" D- Q: B/ B, Y/ E( _$ z$ L0 }
3 X$ F* U7 z0 p. D: H) p+ b! L% ]( ?ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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! T, h7 f( D/ X$ ?+ |' v5 fBut 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.* R; s# e$ G T' V6 ]+ E7 y
D9 o( {. N( _% o"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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