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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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8 D1 G+ k3 s4 S' ?: REDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.4 T" k6 |2 ^) V' W" K; K t; }
0 m$ P' y! F$ G+ m7 z% f, _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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' p9 O% ~" i2 ~% 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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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.1 ^; t0 A- J! e( g4 r
8 L2 s# y& b) MBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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9 @ _( t' M) Q3 D6 lThey 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 $266,100.
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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% n$ B @) \, }4 K8 s4 x- q0 }ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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1 M, M: K- j& |) x( [2 z) n5 S+ ]Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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) Z" H; q, | c* @* 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.
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+ h8 r1 V3 c. G5 _ o"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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