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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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; S8 w" Z1 J4 h: w4 ~; y. ^That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.0 a6 U0 o/ j3 a% ]- w# Y
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April." s5 k! V- o. h& Q# M+ ?* X$ Y4 l4 |
: ~: q) V% x7 h; \' kWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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) L3 V& K! P/ ~+ } l. j8 gBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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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.
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" H- r5 S* y3 w' VComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.# |7 l% _5 X' q
$ x! N/ W2 z* gComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,9 y8 d+ I2 D$ c, _: X' }1 [& G
" p# T7 h7 U9 c% y, [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.% B% R) k* U6 R/ ]
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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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