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5月份 爱城房地产报告; k5 o2 j1 H j/ g' H' F" i! s
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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! q1 S, R* ?7 g5 KThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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# ]* @' z9 \2 m+ @2 T: ESales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.' R. v: E' B T$ O
( i6 Y0 D2 P5 E K9 e% a4 pWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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7 O0 i. i7 j( u' ?/ YBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.- p( r9 A9 a" ^
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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 $266,100.2 [$ Q8 B2 E' f6 {/ H; o" e
5 m0 m7 ]* ^/ {4 C! f( p+ J; _ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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, v5 l- e( G3 L9 J) s$ A8 K0 xComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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1 Q6 E: S+ [! P/ I+ wBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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. v8 K6 [ d4 w; n L8 M! d3 ABut 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 M& ], n+ v2 |' V* a! B) b
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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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