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5月份 爱城房地产报告% D, v9 P9 y4 _* u& p& f- d
5 k1 b0 v" F# H* wEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.- B& Z" ]! k* J% x
# p& B4 D# Y9 @9 B/ k+ z9 A! JSales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April." Y% l1 E, y8 S5 z. m; L$ D8 _4 B
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.3 m2 [4 L" `, W/ e- o2 g' Q, \
0 q8 d# {2 U3 n7 L4 Z, vBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.5 Y% e+ \ N/ k& x# }
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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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." H% K9 ~4 w2 o9 c
3 q( ?: r0 A, d) s* H& S; }; vComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,7 E, I+ i+ ~! t
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.( Y- e2 [6 b% z$ W6 P, ?0 s+ A
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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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2 Q- V p1 _* 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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