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5月份 爱城房地产报告9 l% \8 [3 D) k- }% P* S6 a v' U
$ ]+ Q+ R3 O1 ?0 y' P" L7 W7 ]& nEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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- f! o' X& O) G; m. D z9 @That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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: d/ r) U8 B; N& ISales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.
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- {$ K+ b4 ~2 m3 g: FWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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+ D P3 }5 X0 f. I$ s [% VBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.( T r6 ~& x h) j8 n
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But 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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% J* F: I8 |( d; ?/ J: YComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.! h, A1 `7 L0 R2 f9 Z
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,' }4 J' x1 ?- S& y
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold., {8 O& A/ Y( c7 H* a5 q: E6 V7 P
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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.# Q& _: P3 t# {% F6 w% B- ^7 O
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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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