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5月份 爱城房地产报告/ z, X# B2 ^) O1 c" R! Y1 R9 b
: s2 K2 m9 s4 O9 S2 p* cEDMONTON - 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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/ t' C& x9 A) w5 H8 L4 oThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.# e! o- T' ?, c
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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.+ D! q8 A) E/ B
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.% v8 l; W1 X: i( i
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.4 @9 L$ X; c' `( J8 g9 j3 y" Y% n
* i+ t" n* S4 C. {( ]2 ]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. P/ q5 L9 `# V g8 w2 o+ U
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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/ z6 v; e) s j" P x9 ?ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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2 J$ d" ?' ^: O+ k7 ~Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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. C0 r9 @+ Z( K, K: H8 z- P$ ^" o: pBut 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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/ i- m; T# t$ R/ y7 n"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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