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5月份 爱城房地产报告- l+ `3 R: N! @) c/ v/ \8 H
9 C4 ~, d5 g1 L; n6 }* O9 UEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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2 Y; T l/ O! [% D* d9 GThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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$ `# `$ n1 [/ O3 A* d# {Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.# }3 @( k5 B# t8 a
$ m5 ], U6 v* g9 ABut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day. T ~3 A* ]" P* M
9 k$ J, y1 v3 o* iThey 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 $266,100.
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* E9 p5 S( @7 k: O: z; [( LComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.% W$ q# l, ?2 }1 \/ y, i( L: B
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,2 J7 j2 u5 D( c7 p: Q4 O ~
5 o) B7 G8 f0 d' |5 b. xBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.# B: i& }$ V7 s2 u5 Q" j5 L
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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.1 z6 c+ q( b1 R d: C
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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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