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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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, V- }4 v/ A- y" U- s) sEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.' K4 D8 @, _9 c7 o1 O- d0 q: o
7 R+ K% j" o) _$ [/ c; m( vThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.; Z/ q* Y/ @0 \/ t ], x
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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.4 Z2 y% n7 j/ H
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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; K+ t& j7 ?. rBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.5 |0 X1 |& s% g' Z. G6 ?
2 V- |1 t, B( V1 Q7 O1 ?: ^. ]But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.+ @, s% o3 |4 h* s
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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 $266,100.3 a6 s: g- z$ r
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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$ M# I4 {$ e* W& ~" v D( iComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.7 Z' m7 w$ u2 M. N! \ z( {
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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.2 T; e" r. E" {) D
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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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