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5月份 爱城房地产报告) M0 c" q5 d. B# Z
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.; l/ s9 C! T$ p7 f$ b: e
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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 2006.4 H6 m1 @9 }& ]5 i0 R
* A( Y: Y( T% d! T: ySales 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.$ d" {# }: D8 u+ I& G
/ J& [" B5 `$ ^3 }! o# @With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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$ Q$ S2 q; H0 r) b+ XBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.% P; e C ^1 l. v
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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9 _% i$ ?# M) F: b6 }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 $266,100.5 L0 a$ h2 y3 s3 C# a( G
/ K |0 Y# U5 o4 h/ jComFree, 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,# A1 R* c1 m- c1 F
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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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.
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, R: c) }: K& R+ G* `- E. Y; `# i"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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