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5月份 爱城房地产报告+ A& G5 A; w( b n. X3 Z1 E9 y
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.( C3 s3 [6 R, b6 [
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.5 U$ M7 }8 l& M' ^7 b1 m \
) w. B3 ~4 |4 ]' o; q* ]3 e# ]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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: L0 c* m% [# j- w$ K9 T$ dWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.: F- z$ s5 e/ K9 y' `0 c) `4 [! s6 x& ^5 K
( U- p2 m5 k. TBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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) f- q3 m( u8 oBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.6 m* f; I) y' y# `
! \) ]9 |. o( I5 R/ _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.
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c7 `5 j9 ~5 [5 I4 q: tComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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- n6 d4 A% j# z) W. x, A* ?ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,' \4 ?8 I& s. J, Z
5 Z6 x: z: t; V1 M! I5 iBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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; S5 {: J7 k' N1 b) c, H7 rBut 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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2 Y0 U6 _( M- l8 f# p% C/ S! O"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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