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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 2007.9 O/ D2 @# J5 }- G8 J. B
/ M% S7 e% Y3 T4 mThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006./ e' o* a; p* C& ] ]" x
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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.
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Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.+ F( p' b z6 m% z- w* U( N
O& b" F1 A+ n* _, ABut 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.
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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; d- j: J1 B* @. j* s! o: e+ uComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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$ t5 g" |! L% d: n4 n9 MBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.. t+ k7 ^" ]+ W
8 ^/ u6 G3 h* O2 IBut 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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