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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 $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.) _# V: J p0 D8 U' {( D$ C7 ^
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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+ D# l1 g; Y# \( S
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.' x4 ?* [! `& U1 `4 e4 ^, b9 S
& M! @; b7 C2 }, l7 O) v0 j$ C6 p. ?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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3 H6 y2 ~. u- Q- P+ 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.
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May. Y; G7 Q9 Y2 R# M% S/ s, D
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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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: W; W6 ]3 ^/ jBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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) w6 N7 v. y3 ~/ L+ Z& {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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/ z8 x4 v2 B/ x' L- f. N5 j"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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