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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 $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.9 L/ v: V2 A- E: w+ q$ g
: @% r# o% B! {" ISales 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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" K# _' R4 g+ g) C3 X, [; I: v4 oWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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, O6 j; z) S1 f# _: s2 k% jBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.8 {! {3 U% Y; G+ a q+ E# C
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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 $266,100.
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3 |7 s( P8 t6 U+ H/ HComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.* _% D, v- ?5 G$ G, O
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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But fears of higher interest rates have hurt confidence among Alberta business leaders and consumers -- especially about home buying -- in a new survey for PricewaterhouseCoopers, released Monday.$ F& ], d; j( r) M
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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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