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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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, @ o: K/ [7 S) o& cEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.* V; [/ P1 |& t G0 ?
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.' d8 y% l, x, J$ ?: Z' i3 t2 i
! c/ z# ]( f4 e" QSales 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.) \* ]$ D2 ^5 X
/ h! F; {( g, `+ \& I# ~) @With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.( F" y! ]/ U& R
' j( \" F; g% E5 s& R/ J$ @Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.5 S% C0 D* Q! P. X- K& U* X
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.0 r2 [( e' y$ y3 r
# J6 j* f+ I6 X9 z0 JThey 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.2 e2 \+ v* T% B- P4 z
! ~6 d* G% D1 o, s- X0 rComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,6 I; {9 } L! N
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.% M8 F' W9 v) p0 t( t* f# V3 \. H
4 q8 M9 t5 C; u# yBut 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.' a! A2 u8 U9 f, M5 s5 l8 n& J
7 y* s0 G3 d% M% n) e"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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