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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 $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007., z% \2 C2 U( q1 F8 R
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.8 I6 q! B. B" q) C, M' N# X
; A( {5 T) {- c" i4 a( q( _Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.1 P$ x4 l; C$ D) _
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.: y) B- }6 m* r
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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7 H4 E9 p4 T! c9 C- ^But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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, E d- K0 q- U& c# k; d/ rThey 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.) D8 a5 Q( Y# f
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May. `; u! r, R. p) b- f
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,3 A9 U1 @* e. Z0 _3 W8 a
9 b r& d# [8 N# u* s- U' u) CBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.+ q* h" a' z# o5 u+ c* F
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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.
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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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