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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." J" F" ]& ^. Z7 K& Q
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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.
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, j+ G- ^+ p& ]With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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% @) T# Q0 {4 L. F) C, ?Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.8 c: ?0 y+ V2 U% E- `4 I2 u
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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 $266,100.2 Z! Z ]2 |' F9 L; p/ y
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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7 a" u" H( P8 G# d( GComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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. p9 K9 @: G- N* J9 q+ DBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.+ {% `) J5 q6 [9 y6 O
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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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% p9 R) @ N5 S5 g: `9 t2 |"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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