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5月份 爱城房地产报告7 i7 L; t4 l& y
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.
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' A! K( v9 R0 y0 dWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.7 I9 y! W. u: ?$ x# m
& `$ s5 R0 H. e/ ?- ^" l2 o! q* IBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.; @" s6 c2 V8 b) _2 i, T0 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.- | `8 ]: e8 I( v' J
: q6 ?- k* `# }7 o n8 FComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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" w* X. J! F6 _2 \& gBut fears of higher interest rates have hurt confidence among Alberta business leaders and consumers -- especially about home buying -- in a new survey for PricewaterhouseCoopers, released Monday. o0 y& C' {* T) L* [$ I2 N. h
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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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