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5月份 爱城房地产报告6 @7 l& v0 g+ {) x/ R: i2 L7 `
4 h4 A$ w7 c+ F I0 s& ~8 pEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.5 \, H+ T c: l3 ~6 u
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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0 t1 J( E4 G* V% G: R7 g0 [Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.: A1 L, g) x R+ s0 u! k$ T. @
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.$ V1 n# t# K% ]8 E4 C) _ P1 O
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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! k6 r8 `4 o& F. rThey 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 $207.5 million,
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9 F7 U& N1 w1 p3 l' B, J+ R4 UBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.3 M2 i' q8 c* s6 t) W2 f. ?/ h
' @! `; E/ L0 {$ }+ GBut 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., i- i$ B: [1 I5 U+ o' X
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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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