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5月份 爱城房地产报告9 Q& B- z5 F6 O1 T. \0 m
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.4 x5 S8 F: R- v( i
# j. e- \& u/ `2 i h. x) _+ IThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.
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/ e R; i3 Z/ K5 R: E0 ~3 c- CWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.* B6 y1 u d: D$ v3 D$ n
, p. e, ?; b, h% SBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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+ B; T6 p( V6 J7 L jBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.' A- _$ Q3 N, D7 b( W+ A: ]
! m( i" k% W4 W* H% o$ `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.. \ e7 t# g' D/ c
- d8 J G6 z; W/ [ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.6 D2 A* s# ?0 |' }8 j Y, _' v
! I- N, @1 y8 c3 _6 Q9 q# KBut fears of higher interest rates have hurt confidence among Alberta business leaders and consumers -- especially about home buying -- in a new survey for PricewaterhouseCoopers, released Monday.0 `& Y, m$ y N N+ J" M
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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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