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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 2007.3 Q" K1 l/ a: E* f) P: F0 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., {6 e9 }* z1 d1 z3 O0 B
+ m( Y9 f; B; vWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.- b2 Y' D- @+ |; \7 h, x
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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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* n, p. O+ ?! S% j+ IBut 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 $266,100.4 ~. ?% B4 v6 H' o _
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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. r# t6 ]$ F* }2 ZComFree 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.
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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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