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5月份 爱城房地产报告. ~" U4 ]; ]+ D% \
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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.
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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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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./ t8 }3 l- ]& A4 h% O4 F
3 e1 q1 e# |/ Z+ |With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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, F# q" R( {. B& r0 U) t0 R" L( D/ k* \Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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4 S. h/ k% c7 @( OBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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* V* W+ u: j( Z+ {, S: ~; g9 j: h( ]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 $266,100.
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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! n$ i7 C+ G: _' k# j. @ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,1 c0 d$ I; {) ~* a+ Z$ J4 J5 f! {
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold. ~4 `, F$ S$ E
/ e9 ]0 {* a+ i8 z4 q0 P" oBut 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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