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5月份 爱城房地产报告9 m( J5 F0 l+ b1 D6 R' `4 \
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.; k. x% n1 T) B# t
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.' |9 L- @6 y3 c$ n" L9 q
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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.
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9 |1 e/ e$ k( r4 F( p; h2 v$ K9 @Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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* U8 ]* w! S7 Y& TBut 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 $266,100.$ f3 k3 i) X4 k0 ^/ \+ t
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.! D) m) R. K$ d2 T4 i6 \
$ F: q |1 F, E1 @& q. u4 TComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,2 N. Q- T* ~" F# h
! r9 |+ i7 r. L' i8 N* m( {Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.% i" m6 W; N+ i$ S4 ]. E; Y
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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.$ Y) C$ T' P5 F7 _9 H' M6 ?
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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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