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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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8 X$ h: i/ D0 k! c8 lEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.; c6 F6 @8 R( f* @/ H6 F1 w
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April. z! @5 B E$ v* C
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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.# ]( C# F& j# j# \- ^5 N$ o5 n
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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 $266,100.
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( g8 U2 S7 P. }; |, l8 RComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.- v) }# _7 _' u
) J$ b, B( g( _5 {- v; a# `ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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/ B" W3 G5 }9 d. LBoth 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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"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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