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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 $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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# B5 o4 ?# S- ~3 H4 `9 ?$ G5 FThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.! C! [3 Q$ O6 n/ _" X* L" G
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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.5 C7 b2 u" U& ~ w5 x/ E
/ X. y$ U8 \* P" X/ E* d1 \With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.+ O$ M2 I1 g# S4 V& |$ x6 |0 g
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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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5 h$ Z$ A8 M' RBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.5 w9 ~) n2 @7 _+ q0 D$ t, p% A0 P
X3 i1 _7 h; n! b+ Q: y" G# kThey 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.- Y5 f! L2 i& j
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,# ] K% L0 |0 e& e' `3 p5 _0 j# @
0 z% z( I8 X6 `7 uBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.2 J6 ?. @1 d# k m$ P
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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.( `1 j9 t0 k% D9 G- ~! y4 {
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"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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