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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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9 k& g! f/ I1 ?+ S: J1 AEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.0 V& y& P3 i" s i
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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.
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7 i- a; G5 n2 ~) E8 |+ YSales 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." D" I; S5 C! y# S0 p; I2 I
& _5 j2 X0 v& b" D! D8 o. E. Y) LWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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7 U; |/ W8 M0 B8 i2 \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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% r- p+ j7 L# D1 @2 pThey 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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; n2 h2 G* }3 G' x6 l; G+ rComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May." t- t ]2 \9 q0 \' E8 f
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,( Z6 V) W+ A" t8 a" L$ k8 y5 D
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.1 F: c/ D$ V: L- c Z5 r
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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.9 ^! Y0 C% |- M W2 [( \- Y
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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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