 鲜花( 0)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
5月份 爱城房地产报告- h9 A* g7 `$ `+ L; _
" h$ a1 ]1 h. @4 z" i
EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.4 {# W' ^+ V% t* b# f0 A
7 i& h0 F" L _' a [5 k( |# M
That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.3 w- e. q( w/ x* A- V. d- P1 A
! ~: G- |0 m0 o9 o( JSales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.# F u S( p, d& ~! v9 ]; \0 L4 S
r& l$ e/ K5 P' L/ f
With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
) ~5 D. V/ o6 H* N: j: ]
) ` ^) s: Q& K1 i V) rBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
" h D; M& L0 O) s" ~/ I! E6 b/ `
* P4 T4 C Z5 W$ b4 `6 ABut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.4 C: K8 {! E' w4 ~" x" U
$ `% v8 K) s( A' j$ b: k1 @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.) A+ _6 v+ [% E" B& Y
6 p) _8 ]6 m. a% ?* |
ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.& u% P# w* [8 t( j ^' w
- ]- u2 A4 E' A9 H) N4 X9 n9 {ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
$ z {7 ]6 h2 ]: N# q; X! u9 H" m% t' ^/ q' p0 H* s
Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.9 y7 b. D. ]6 s( t/ G' {. P1 B
6 E8 w& _' D+ {: y5 I2 ]/ G H# ^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.) D Q+ G% _$ ]# o! a
0 Q$ W3 |: Y0 s. B"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. |
|