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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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- {/ _6 j7 ~0 n! ^& OEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.. L* k/ Z# B9 B8 S% G8 U$ o0 m) V
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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.
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N! c4 n3 ]4 NBut 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 $266,100.3 d* y1 C/ J1 d# d
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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H; P' B+ {1 {5 u) y/ zComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,, v+ i9 D8 {$ o0 O2 U
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( t- x! b- x) r# t' [' v: LBut 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.3 D2 u- S; R9 U8 e! m4 }3 H
% k. U7 a% \) ~( o* H1 U2 @+ L"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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