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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 $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.! I( r5 p( N' S9 Z% b6 g3 t
6 X( J& g+ p2 B/ t$ A9 X; `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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* k" m( h! j0 s- XSales 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.& Z& b, {" P/ Z* ^9 F8 U+ z
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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Buyers 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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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.
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.% M" F: h# f( D% s7 ^
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,6 n9 \+ A2 P4 Q% e1 h/ p" G! ~- m
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.' f2 z/ z; m& B( b! R! |- d' f! |/ d
) r9 N- Z: W! a3 J% G8 N" |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.: W( G' A* v" _
6 n& x7 `8 @# v( M5 v- h9 K- I% K"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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