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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006./ J# i! m6 I7 b/ M
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.1 A) d; V. `3 V5 r1 p- m, P) g
* p) ~) ]' Z- n$ l; FWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.% P6 E; s6 X9 b( c. e) _$ O, Y
( s0 e* ?1 A+ N; W6 L5 `Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.2 Q9 z B! S$ Q
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.2 t1 h! S7 {5 @* D! t* f" e+ B5 P9 ^
/ Q: ^0 `8 `' W9 {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.# M- Q! c5 Y. S& g' T
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May./ g) y' w# L6 o: k! t8 J+ c/ }% N# R7 x
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,' Q* E! N3 C: Q" t
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.7 O! w3 ?9 R( M- O: T
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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.
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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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