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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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4 R% w' ^. E8 u3 \( i cEDMONTON - 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 2006.0 _7 {6 l- J, N
9 Y+ x4 n( x- \% |7 h6 p* uSales 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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& H" \" Q3 e+ rWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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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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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.' S2 ~4 s* @# P/ n
. U0 _2 r6 j' x& fThey 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 $266,100.8 E/ E' a1 m ` @1 ]5 {1 O
! {+ N( A. w" R/ M. s' X6 wComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.- s) `$ d r8 s9 l0 Q5 _4 X
- B9 b7 P. p+ J* ^ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,$ L' ~, \! {6 t1 ?# C' e) Z; l% Q
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.5 V6 |4 ?7 Y( a, u; e
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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.7 A$ r9 e4 B7 |/ ^ ~# L7 r
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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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