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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.+ C- I, m# c- D1 n
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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.2 l8 N2 u5 m& K- v# `/ s3 m
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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, z* W, [2 D* B4 KBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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- [9 S5 K6 A' _+ j8 b r% NBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.. H8 [6 C; G4 [+ ~8 e% w
1 y" I, l# F9 @% nThey 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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" B, Z% h4 W5 y) L+ R# ~ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.6 k. ^& ~6 P) J# k: J/ [
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million," T1 Z6 R, J0 M/ @$ _( r* P2 Z
* h+ P+ Z& X5 K/ t. q8 aBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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" r6 p% ~# W: l7 j) d9 SBut 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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4 D2 X" B: s( B4 I( ?1 D"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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