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5月份 爱城房地产报告* J9 S& o3 J& G G0 A: T
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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7 V S6 p9 r @! t# W, JThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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5 Z: M, w8 K5 d1 |4 i2 }& S: V: [* s# RSales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.7 {4 W! i. S( J) e6 C" c
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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1 V+ g! n7 `, M! Z" F$ vBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday., h/ L+ O* ?& {
4 ~, v7 B* z, m- EBut 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.
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( y# _( t& v' r% P3 P1 x0 `" X' J1 {ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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! B) u% M2 B; Y& |ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,5 m! G u4 l2 d ?! y B
# s. P$ u1 ~" I7 Y$ MBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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& P% D/ K0 j$ E( M: l$ }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.) B. C! k; N0 B; L* r! e" L
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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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