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5月份 爱城房地产报告" h7 d8 b- k( f
, Z$ P5 f6 i1 M& R3 p( t8 zEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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/ z& W1 P5 j, c7 d( D* [/ JThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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' G4 N& [0 ?( |Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.- S8 ?. M4 ~7 N
! n7 ~6 e% Q0 lWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.: ?5 z; w$ F8 R5 O; m/ t, z; _8 W
8 _$ H, |% z& A) H$ m1 PBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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5 V; y( Q0 ^# @4 X) o7 TBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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+ U$ }1 M8 _/ Z2 V2 r" U& YThey 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 $266,100.7 P- ]2 @, U* b+ o6 x& \4 G& w
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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& O0 X: i' c9 T) ^ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold./ G1 c% s$ E) m( Y+ u( I
) q! d! }6 ]3 W6 v2 oBut 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.* v1 s8 l& ]5 W% n M1 V; F$ m
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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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