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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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& F0 @. x9 Y. |( `- J! O( q. MEDMONTON - 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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- _# X( p; m7 ^0 F8 _& \) MThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.! q$ L) v6 x. L+ v
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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.# E* S+ y* ~4 v G/ a* g. o$ D$ Q
3 i9 J) b+ ?; z! Q7 M RWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.& p, p% `( E3 C6 q$ {! \8 V
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.) }: i+ y! v. Q# ~. u
9 S1 d2 G; ]0 i3 |5 D( WBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.6 |/ b3 L. e4 ^4 N, L8 S
* u: V i. C$ y) {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. Z/ A2 X/ @0 W! @1 ?; `, b
) ^! {* v, v, G4 Z. p7 S# OComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.9 v2 V( S( Y+ E9 {# U
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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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8 l& K. t6 x3 x8 BBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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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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2 i t, [, ?' o& [# u"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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