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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 $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.) r# f# ~9 y/ z* q$ x- @
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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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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.. W3 `* i, L, ?! _: j
! x' a R; y. p7 XBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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& u% N0 t3 W: ~) B. C7 ^. `. o: aBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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, K0 ^1 M/ Z1 y' E* f$ IThey 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.# c% h: O5 ]* c c
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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6 `& q: V0 B2 S' [) BComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,4 x" u* I1 j8 B, Z$ k
5 B3 l1 t8 k, D0 b- d: e$ n WBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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3 H" d- ?5 v V G( v ABut 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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