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5月份 爱城房地产报告9 `. L2 J) I) p, Z5 Z
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.
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! v: K; n) E- r6 Y( X2 ~# fWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.9 p% s) k% ]; t) g, N7 ~
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday." l1 C3 R9 S3 J% ^/ B9 b0 e
) k1 M5 E& V$ h, s8 I/ cBut 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 $266,100.- y1 J/ x C, C: A5 M/ O; m
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.7 v# Q0 L7 ~% N$ m2 D; ?1 H0 A D
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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9 y+ j+ n: H" f$ ^& hBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.2 g" T' ]: O e$ Q( k5 Q8 v5 G9 X8 O8 ^
5 [, c0 Q, Q3 Z0 w# Q/ Y( DBut 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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"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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