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5月份 爱城房地产报告
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. [: H5 R. N3 I4 ^% V. `5 F; Z4 c( bEDMONTON - Edmonton-area real estate sales hit $1.2 billion in May and $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.2 Q! X- e7 C! o; A
& r, _9 u+ N0 \! `3 C( m7 QThat's more than the entire year of 2005 and up 37.4 per cent over the first five months of 2006.3 v! M; m! }* d- J8 v9 Y
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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.4 S+ u* O' g' C8 G4 d4 R
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April. _' t/ O) {' O
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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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% \7 l7 E+ \9 ZBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.5 u9 o3 y k. Y. T, U* p0 @6 B4 l
' h5 K# e/ g7 nThey 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.
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,
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6 E- t# @- @4 j0 J2 K: P8 @Both REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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But fears of higher interest rates have hurt confidence among Alberta business leaders and consumers -- especially about home buying -- in a new survey for PricewaterhouseCoopers, released Monday.
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) Z( f$ Z4 B+ ^: J1 m0 I1 @"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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