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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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& H$ @' Y6 |0 Q: K; ZEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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1 u- T5 q+ {8 {& I0 bThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.& f7 R2 m7 B% D! r
) F- X3 \3 y9 L+ x' w* dSales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.
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0 T% S- h! q/ p0 aWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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2 w. O2 R; D0 l( ~$ TBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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4 N; n. }1 y: t- J8 _- i2 qBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day." D% T# v' Z$ B0 P
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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 $266,100.) Q: h* `6 f& f- t/ `# O8 f
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.0 n. w0 g( k: j( x$ |1 l) P
$ B; x6 I$ v8 B, }. N3 IComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.) u& S& Z( V9 ?$ {7 M0 O1 _
. j" r, s7 J9 J Z2 g1 PBut 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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