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发表于 2008-4-4 07:30 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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Average price slips as fewer people moving to Alberta, realtors association says; n' d# l  g/ w' }$ E7 a9 c! i
Bill Mah, The Edmonton Journal
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' J- h  `: `8 R8 s1 Z% e$ G4 V& ^EDMONTON - The buyer still reigns in Edmonton's housing market, where the number of homes for sale has skyrocketed by 268 per cent from a year ago.
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Figures released Thursday by the Realtors Association of Edmonton show there were 9,464 residential properties available in the city area -- up by a whopping 1,220 homes from February.3 p: W# ?8 {9 L1 r
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That's the third-largest inventory in Edmonton history. Only last September and October were there more homes for sale at month's end, 9,918 and 9,577 respectively.# c$ ]6 Y2 W0 n- F
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- A( R, a$ m% Q+ NAssociation president Marc Perras said the inventory, about six month's worth, stems largely from fewer people moving to Alberta.
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Net migration to Alberta last year was 27,048. That's down significantly from 74,523 who moved here in 2006, according to Statistics Canada data.
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- q- K- K  V4 ?; j% ^3 n2 [! u"We had an industry that ramped up, expecting that those numbers would keep up and now, as a result of that drop-off, we've seen inventory numbers come up fairly significantly," Perras said.
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He predicted home prices will increase by the year's end as inventory drops and called the current situation a "stable, normal" market.
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"Our sales volumes are similar to what we saw in 2004 and 2005 and our prices are essentially flat.
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"We saw quite a roller-coaster ride last year when prices jumped up significantly in the first six months and fell off significantly in the last six months."3 p. h+ G- B3 r$ r8 C7 i
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A single-family home sold in March for an average price of $387,632, down 2.7 per cent from March last year.! M1 r4 I$ _( ~
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But the average residential price -- including single-family homes, condos, duplexes, mobile homes and others -- was $343,760, 5.66 per cent higher than March 2007.( u& s& P$ M! r- b0 P

+ N6 _* [( |5 p5 aThere were 1,557 residential properties sold in March with new listings of 4,236 for a sales-to-listing ratio of 37 per cent. Homes spent 51 days on the market, down one day from last month.
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; Q2 e# t! ]  L" W7 mMeanwhile, a house price survey released Thursday by Royal LePage Real Estate Services says Edmonton-area houses became more affordable in the first three months of 2008.% L# m- n- b, E

. x9 k- V+ f- S* Z8 T) x; k. XThe study looked at certain local markets examined and found the average price of a "standard two-storey home" fell 3.7 per cent to $363,707.. [% v/ @' M- W
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The price of detached bungalows fell 4.9 per cent to $330,000 from the same time last year. Standard condo prices also fell 7.7 per cent year-over-year to $235,000, said the LePage study.
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Ken Shearer, a Royal LePage broker and owner, said debate over energy royalties kept house prices lower.' |& J/ h! d3 h- _- r+ R/ Z
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"As a result of this debate, the market has receded from the wild pace it experienced last year as buyers are simply no longer interested in paying skyrocketing house prices," he said.* P' o7 H' _3 c  D/ M- C# h6 D4 d/ G
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According to the report, prices varied by specific market in the Edmonton region. Here are some highlights:
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Sherwood Park: Average prices for two-storey homes dropped by 7.1 per cent to $390,000, while detached bungalows and condos were unchanged from last year.
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Spruce Grove: A two-storey home rose 6.9 per cent to $405,000 year-over-year.
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9 i4 a' b+ k5 E+ w4 H3 ~Riverbend/Terwilligar: A two-storey property rose by 12.7 per cent to $410,950 over the same time last year. The average price of a detached bungalow rose by 2.6 per cent to $390,000, while condo prices dropped by 10.6 per cent to $235,000., q, C7 t, ~7 ^, R$ Y

. {; T: v, `1 E- X9 ^) T6 w+ |Leduc: Average condo prices rose by 9.1 per cent to $240,000 year-over-year. Two-storey house prices dropped by 7.5 per cent ($310,000.)
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8 T" y- P3 F8 Q/ J( [  o6 \St. Albert: The average price of a two-storey home fell by 12.8 per cent to $340,000 while detached bungalows dropped by 12.3 per cent and condos by 13.3 per cent.
/ @+ F2 H0 B9 d4 ACastle Downs: Average detached bungalows fell by 18.6 per cent to $285,000. Average two-storey homes went down 11.4 per cent to $350,000.* z/ {/ x7 n; t- F; c$ n  r% s
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Clareview: Detached bungalows decreased by 8.8 per cent to $310,000, year-over-year. Condo prices fell by 16 per cent to $210,000 from the same time last year.
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发表于 2008-4-4 10:35 | 显示全部楼层

马上就要破纪录了!

最近几天,几乎每天都有近300套房子上市。很快就要破纪录了。
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发表于 2008-4-4 17:22 | 显示全部楼层
Sping is coming, it will make a new record in the next one or two months.
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发表于 2008-4-4 19:14 | 显示全部楼层
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原帖由 依勒特 于 2008-4-4 11:35 发表
" ~. ^/ U3 F- i: J* V& r* A7 R最近几天,几乎每天都有近300套房子上市。很快就要破纪录了。

4 M( S2 [3 N! v0 O0 j3 f, y你如何得知每天有300套上市?
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