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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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% w* w" j9 {3 vEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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3 [ P" k5 f! P1 L/ X* k5 A; V- m0 `Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April. i" r0 Z ~* Q5 l" B+ f4 x
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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4 P0 k0 b. q) e2 H+ o; d* |Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.1 O4 J3 d0 A5 Q' _$ h u; s5 Q( ]& g/ l
$ p* x$ R- K0 gBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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9 n5 R J, z$ o% D0 A6 ~3 m1 MThey 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./ x' L: k X( G1 {/ Y8 N7 A, h
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,. h' O( i( K" }$ R/ Q+ o
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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.3 @: k$ d# B0 w% C6 N
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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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