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5月份 爱城房地产报告7 q' U2 v1 Y+ n7 ?3 ~
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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.' o; f9 F) s5 O y3 C9 h" V
o W; t K% F: T1 S. _9 DSales 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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! Z3 G: T" V1 {With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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9 E4 ^" M3 \! @) u* y; _0 CBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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+ x! X+ H, | b) b/ ~8 hBut 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 $266,100.2 z6 i" d% H' f$ x
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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* n3 { z5 ]$ f8 x7 B- }Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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- I6 ]3 Z( n0 b. m" h- ~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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"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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