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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.
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, i7 b) V+ K) q( Q, pThat'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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/ p2 e T3 s4 l1 p# RSales 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.; P2 U& N7 h3 a2 x
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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0 o! @) e2 |! N& q7 {4 ^' |Buyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday.
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But the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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/ f( t3 p# P5 _9 \! b* O! jThey 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 $266,100.# X7 t. W8 N$ \, c* W" z# E
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ComFree, 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,
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Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.: u7 ^! e5 F8 p5 l
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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.6 ]5 Z: E4 u' @( p' Z# I4 ?% n
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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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