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5月份 爱城房地产报告. K. u: s! d/ V# M
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EDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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That's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.
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Sales through the multiple-listing service had been constrained by a tight supply. But realtors listed 4,850 homes in May compared to 3,151 in April.
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; B% i7 D7 x5 R KWith more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.# p) N) U9 I$ d; y% f
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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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6 z" X) B8 @3 a9 f+ F+ _+ t1 |But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day./ p( f7 E( r* G: q1 q5 d. ^
' c! E" j% g! s k3 lThey 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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! Q- e- L( g6 r U. F- G5 Z, jComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,3 C: @4 {9 R2 K6 z5 Y8 ]1 x9 {8 K
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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But fears of higher interest rates have hurt confidence among Alberta business leaders and consumers -- especially about home buying -- in a new survey for PricewaterhouseCoopers, released Monday.) n3 ^5 ^5 U0 @$ b: r; J; P
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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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