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5月份 爱城房地产报告. A( T# `, t! G8 b1 _. b+ ]" h1 ? ]
b" d- o) }- F* U: B E" qEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.( A( j$ O1 n7 G2 T4 X1 q
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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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& z& x! W* S5 _/ M; b4 B6 MSales 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.& v5 K8 k0 t; |$ B9 X
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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0 W V4 h- f, u# M$ e) k2 @ ABuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.2 Y6 P2 ?6 J& Y" Q6 A! p7 V
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.% c6 v$ a) ]' Z
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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 $266,100.2 K6 a r+ A* T9 B4 k Q) z4 D: ~
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.: X' _/ o) Q, r6 d
, V |, e/ y! [& b O; zComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,) l: R5 v, S) E! {! m. f' T
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.+ Y$ G9 x# | K
/ S$ C. Y( s6 p* E. @% [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." h$ z p# `+ q! W% z) Y
+ |% {5 k% Y5 r5 S; k"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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