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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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2 f C: i% n3 ?; \# a( d: G. u0 |EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.) j; X, k% A8 ~" a( @: a3 E/ X
2 I: i2 c; I8 A7 gThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.* L8 y7 H3 R6 T
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.
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8 }) v$ t. L e& ^ xWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.3 A& G4 U$ @ {( W
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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.8 u! @0 i) b) V0 i* b
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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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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,+ m/ C# K% C8 q! Q
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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; q+ Z) i6 n# c* l) s$ K0 k) bBut 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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