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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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/ I7 ]3 c% ~7 WEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.4 L/ [6 `5 R+ |* j% D8 E2 |
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.) U9 n, U$ t, o9 ?
( O! l' Y0 ^4 G' CWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.- N* D- }5 Y0 q0 N9 u( G2 ]7 d
* ?0 r. p/ i+ ]5 l: m6 A& \Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.* d& t% _6 e9 g% k
0 m' ^6 S3 z: [% H7 }But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.6 v/ t( J. i! v5 `4 P# G2 _
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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.
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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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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.' d% [7 v9 Q6 B6 [3 u
( K8 h5 l/ d" J v, G- [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.6 A- i6 K0 L& L8 g
# O% ~' M' ?- v7 K3 W; P"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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