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5月份 爱城房地产报告6 J- h+ G$ H+ T& p) S. R
, Z( W t, }& {. z/ AEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.' W8 y, |- U6 I
# d f( K( ^( D, s1 H* XThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.! b! [4 I" m" o+ R
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.$ Q% l$ f) n( M( L9 f' J
0 W" b( D# Z' y* N- Q; U; N) TBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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- M3 |6 b! ~6 x! }But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.% U1 l2 E( X- K8 w$ n9 h
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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 $266,100.$ \8 e1 K4 I# U, n- j
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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3 V" I% X$ _' R6 D1 p/ QComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,4 D- c6 \/ `9 S. ^' [9 q
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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4 f* M, j, ]- l/ l4 L- ^8 _, hBut fears of higher interest rates have hurt confidence among Alberta business leaders and consumers -- especially about home buying -- in a new survey for PricewaterhouseCoopers, released Monday.: H* z2 A2 |7 a A' ~$ Z
- Z$ X( t) }6 b7 ~1 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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