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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 $4.3 billion for the first five months of 2007.
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( [( n$ m% t7 D+ ?7 YThat'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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5 l: f( I, f" _' W" a( C, s# H2 \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.. o8 `, [' n# a9 }
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With more inventory, sales rose to 2,839 units in May from 2,441 in April.
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3 c0 s/ Y/ F! s5 Y( E% r2 oBuyers enjoyed more choice, said Carolyn Pratt, president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton, in a news release issued Monday." i- Q6 D1 T# B- M8 H; C% N* {
3 M! o9 W1 n- L9 y3 u. q; d: i* oBut the extra supply did not relieve prices, which rose at about $400 per day.
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V$ s+ Y. z& @& _& @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 $266,100.; d) }- E8 l1 o" ~4 p, ~# h
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ComFree, which sells services to support sales by owner, reported 1,212 new listings in May.3 n$ n1 x" ` \2 g3 \. o' U
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ComFree reported 556 sales in May at an average price of $369,400, for a total of $207.5 million,4 S/ B% S/ ^0 ?( N
+ }! T s) w2 n E4 sBoth REA and ComFree reported average listing periods of 22 days for homes that sold.
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+ m; E4 x/ O4 @- j* K6 SBut fears of higher interest rates have hurt confidence among Alberta business leaders and consumers -- especially about home buying -- in a new survey for PricewaterhouseCoopers, released Monday.
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5 ^$ B4 {- Q4 } p# g/ a( y0 G, B9 n"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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