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5月份 爱城房地产报告' _) i6 Y# Q/ H1 ?/ ]! i% Q
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.4 r$ o+ {* X; v8 o! c( z9 V2 V4 u9 D
, D0 }% l# f' L: r# _# kSales 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.- {2 q+ h/ c+ d9 l- F6 e: D% j
. j1 b8 K8 C' g) J$ \With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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9 \7 _2 b, ?. j, Q2 kBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.! n% O" V' s' e0 D: S7 y
: S# B( W0 x( H$ j' M0 CBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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( F. f) j" d* G# m7 W4 O0 f1 QThey 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 $266,100.
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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& P$ G6 x2 V. R( zComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.. x/ C8 ]& P. q
m# c7 d. S+ m$ I6 \# B. @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." `* K7 z+ n1 R$ f) T' Z
& k3 c. x4 }- e7 h6 C+ N"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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