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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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/ j/ O* l" i* g G; r8 Z/ ? AThat'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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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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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.5 d+ ?, Z5 o; y: ]6 d
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.& e3 X3 S4 `, `6 w" _/ {/ S5 x
3 M, _& a7 g/ H& xBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day. _" ] B9 Q% A+ L; d( 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.2 ~; d& ^ H9 c& G% c2 W
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.0 i$ T* ~2 t7 C1 \8 e: L
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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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"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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